[Amended 3-1-2023 by L.L. No. 1-2023]
Geneva City Councilors and the City Mayor shall be elected in stages beginning with the 2023 general election.
The City Mayor and City Councilors representing City Wards 2, 4, and 6 shall be elected at the 2023 general election to terms of two years.
City Councilors representing wards 1, 3, and 5 shall be elected at the 2023 general election to terms of four years.
The City Councilor at large receiving the largest total of votes in the 2023 general election shall serve a term of four years.
The City Councilor at large receiving the second largest total of votes in the 2023 general election shall serve a term of two years.
Every general City election thereafter, all City Councilors and the Mayor shall be elected for four-year terms.
A. 
The City Council shall appoint the City Manager, the City Clerk, City Attorney, five (5) members of the Board of Assessment Review, three (3) members of the Fire Commission, nine (9) members of the Recreation Advisory Board, nine (9) members of the Planning Board, seven (7) members of the Zoning Board of Appeals, seven (7) members of the Historic Districts Commission and such other appointive officers as may be required of the City Council or by law.
B. 
All other appointive officers shall be appointed by the City Manager unless otherwise provided by this charter or other provision of law.
A person elected to the office of Mayor or Councilor at Large must be an elector of the City at the time of his or her election. In the case of a Councilor elected by ward, such person must be a resident and elector of that ward from which he or she is elected. In the case of a Supervisor, he or she must be an elector and resident of the supervisory district from which he or she is elected. If an elective officer ceases to be a resident of the City or of the ward or district from which he or she was elected, his or her office thereupon shall be vacant.
No member of City Council shall at the same time hold any other elective office under the Government of the State of New York or any political subdivision thereof or any appointed office established under this Charter or a paid position of employment of the City.
[Amended 12-7-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
Any board, commission, or agency of the City, except the Fire Commission and the Geneva Human Rights Commission, shall consist of not more than a bare majority at any time of adherents of the same political party.
Every appointment to a City office must be made by a certificate in writing signed by the appointing officer or if it be made by a board, commission, agency or the City Council, by the presiding officer thereof, it shall be filed in the office City Clerk.
Each officer of the City shall, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, take and file with the City Clerk the Constitutional Oath of Office; and where required by ordinance or resolution of the City Council he or she shall file an official bond with such sureties in an amount as the City Council shall direct. All bonds shall be filed in the City Clerk's Office after approval as to form by the City Attorney and the premiums for all such bonds shall be paid by the City. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, it shall be permissible in lieu thereof, with the consent of the City Council, for any department or agency of the City to procure a blanket undertaking from any duly authorized corporate surety covering officers, clerks and employees pursuant to § 11 of the Public Officers Law.
Any vacancy in an elective office, other than by the expiration of the term of office, except City Judges, shall be filled by the City Council. Any person appointed to an elective office to fill a vacancy shall have the same qualifications as are required of a person elected to the office. The term of office of an officer appointed to fill the vacancy in an elective office shall be until the commencement of the municipal year next succeeding the first general election at which the vacancy can be filled after the happening of the vacancy. All vacancies in appointive offices shall be filled by the appointing authority for the balance of the unexpired term.
The appointing authority shall have the power to remove any officer or employee appointed by him or her at any time except as otherwise provided by law or this Charter and in accordance with all provisions of law applicable thereto. In those cases where the appointing authority is the City Council, Board, Agency or Commission; the City Council, Board, Agency or Commission shall have the power to remove any of its appointive officers or employees by a majority vote of its full membership and in accordance with all provisions of law applicable thereto.
The City Council shall have the power at any time to fix and change the salaries or compensation for all officers and employees of the City. Any fees or compensation for the performance of their duties in the execution of their City office or employment pay to and received by such officers or employees from any source shall be the property of the City and shall be paid or turned over by the officer or employee receiving same to the City Comptroller unless this Charter or the City Council specifically authorizes the retention of such fees or compensation.
As soon as practicable after each federal census, the City Council shall review the results of such census with the existing wards and districts of the City to determine if a new plan of apportionment should be adopted.