That the elective officers under the Charter of Grand Junction shall be members of the council as hereinafter provided, all of whom shall be nominated and elected by the registered electors of the city as herein provided. The elective officers shall be elected for four-year overlapping terms. Four elective officers will be elected at one regular election and three elective officers shall be elected at the subsequent regular election. The terms of all elective officers shall commence at ten o'clock a.m. on the second Monday in January following the election and shall be for a term of four years each and until ten o'clock a.m. on the second Monday in January following the election and qualification of their successors.
The councilmember terms prescribed under Article IV, Section 35 of the Charter applicable to city council districts B, C, and one at-large elected April 4, 2023, shall be extended to ten o'clock a.m. on the second Monday in January 2028 following the November 2027 election and qualification of their successors.
The councilmember terms prescribed under Article IV, Section 35 of the Charter applicable to city council districts A, D, E and one at large elected April 8, 2025, shall be extended to ten o'clock a.m. on the second Monday in January 2030 following the November 2029 election and qualification of their successors.
The council shall consist of seven members to be designated as councilmembers, one of which shall be elected by the registered electors of the entire city from each of the districts as determined from time to time by resolution of the city council, and two members to be elected from the city large. The council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its own members; shall determine its own rules; shall punish its own members for disorderly conduct, and may compel the attendance of its members. The council may from time to time, by resolution, by two-thirds vote of all its members, change the boundaries of the districts.
Annexations lying within the boundaries as extended will be considered as being included within a particular district.
A vacancy in the council, from whatever cause arising, shall be filled by the council from among the electors of the district in which the vacancy occurs if a district councilmember, or at large if a councilmember at large, until the next general municipal election, when a successor shall be chosen for the unexpired term. A vacancy shall be taken to exist when a member of the council fails to qualify for thirty days after the commencement of his term, dies, resigns, removes from the city or from the district which he was elected to represent, absents himself from five consecutive meetings of the council unless excused by resolution thereof, is convicted of violating any provision of this Charter, or of a felony, or is judicially declared a lunatic as defined by statute.
At least two meetings of the city council shall be held monthly at such times as may be fixed by the council, such two meetings to be known as the regular meetings. All other meetings of the City council shall be known as special meetings or adjournments. The President of the Council shall be paid a salary of $750.00 per month and all other councilmembers shall each be paid a salary of $500.00 per month. (Approved by the voters at a regular election held 4-6-99.)