Section 1. The Board of Commissioners

   Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all powers of the City of Alamo shall be vested in a Board of Commissioners consisting of a Mayor and four (4) Commissioners, to be known as the Board of Commissioners of the City of Alamo. The Board shall hold two (2) regular meetings each month at a date and time to be fixed by the Board of Commissioners by ordinance. (Amended Election 1-18-1992)

Section 2. Election, Tenure and Residential Requirements of the Mayor and Commissioners

   (a)   Except as otherwise provided in this Charter the Mayor and four (4) Commissioners of the City shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire City of Alamo at general elections to be held for that purpose, and shall hold office for four (4) years and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

   (b)   The Mayor shall be designated as such and a candidate for such office may reside anywhere within the City. A Commissioner shall be designated as such and a candidate for such office may reside anywhere within the City.

   (c)   Places: There are hereby created Places No. One, No. Two, No. Three, and No. Four. The Commissioners shall designate the place for which each of them respectively, is a candidate, and one Commissioner shall be elected for each such place. (Amended Election 1-18-1992)

   (d)   Officers - Election of. At the regular Municipal election for City officials of the City of Alamo to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, of odd numbered years, the candidate for the office of Mayor receiving a majority of the votes cast shall be elected Mayor and shall hold office for four (4) years from the date of such election and until his successor is elected and qualified. Thereafter, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November each four (4) years thereafter the Mayor shall be elected as above provided for a term of four (4) years, and thereafter until his successor is elected and qualified. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, of odd numbered years, two (2) Commissioners shall be elected, each of whom shall serve for a four (4) year term and until his successor is elected and qualified. (Amended Election 1-18-1992; Election 11-4-1997)

   Any qualified voter of the City of Alamo desiring to have their name placed upon the official ballot for any regular election may do so by presenting a written request for that purpose signed by himself or herself, as the case may be, or by twenty (20) qualified voters, to the Board of Commissioners and filing the same with the City Secretary or with the Mayor by five o'clock (5:00) P.M., Monday through Friday excluding recognizable holidays, provided such filing is forty five (45) days prior to the date of such election.

   A vacancy in the Board of Commissioners including the office of the Mayor, shall be filled, according to law.

   (e)   Run-Off. In the event no candidate for Mayor receives a majority of the votes cast and/or in the event no candidate for Commissioner for a particular Place receives a majority of the votes cast, or in the event of a tie vote for Mayor or a tie vote for Commissioner of any Place, there shall be a run-off election between the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes, or tied for Mayor and/or Commissioner. Such run-off election shall be held on the first Saturday after thirty (30) days from the date of the first election. The candidate receiving the majority of votes for the respective office at such run-off election shall be elected.

   (f)   Canvass of Election Returns. On the first Tuesday following such election or run-off election, or both, as the case may be, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Board of Commissioners then in office shall canvass the returns and declare the election of the candidates and shall declare the candidate receiving the majority number of votes for Mayor elected Mayor, and the candidate receiving the majority number of votes for Commissioner for each Place respectively elected Commissioner of such Place. (Amended Election 1-18-1992)

Section 3. Qualifications of Mayor and Commissioners

   A person who has served in office as Mayor shall be prohibited from being qualified to be elected and serve in the office as Mayor if that person has served three (3) successive terms in that office immediately prior to the election date for such office. A person who has served in office as Commissioner, irrespective of the Place Number served, shall be prohibited from being qualified to be elected and serve in an office as Commissioner if that person has served three (3) successive terms in that office immediately prior to the election date for such office. A person who has served in office as Judge of the Municipal Court shall be prohibited from being qualified to be elected and serve in the office as Judge of the Municipal Court if that person has served three (3) successive terms in that office immediately prior to the election date for such office. The term limit provisions shall become effective on the first opposed or unopposed election of the respective office after the enactment of this amendment. (Amended Election 11-8-2022)

Section 4. Vacancies (Repealed Election 1-18-1992)

Section 5. Salaries

   Unless and until otherwise provided by ordinance, the Mayor shall receive as compensation for his service a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per year, payable in equal monthly installments, and each Commissioner shall receive a salary of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per year, payable in equal monthly installments. No increase in the salaries of the Mayor or Commissioners shall be implemented during the term of office of the Mayor and any of the Commissioners, except by the qualified voters for the City of Alamo through a referendum vote, except an annual percentage increase equal to the national cost of living ratio according to the Federal statistics for the area covering the City of Alamo, voted and approved by a unanimous vote of the present Commissioners. (Amended Election 1-18-1992)

Section 6. Forfeiture of Offices

   A Mayor or Commissioner shall forfeit his office if the Mayor or Commissioner: 1) lacks at any time during his term of office, any qualifications for the office prescribed by the Charter or by law; or 2) violates any express prohibition of the Charter; or 3) is convicted of a felony; or 4) fails to attend four (4) consecutive regular meetings or eight (8) regular meetings of the Board of Commissioners in any anniversary year of such person; or 5) fails to reside in the City of Alamo. (Amended Election 1-18-1992; Election 11-4-1997)

Section 7. Official Oath

   Each person elected by the voters of the City of Alamo, or appointed by the Board of Commissioners to fill any elective or appointive office, shall, before entering upon the duties of said office, take and subscribe to the official oath as provided by the Constitution of the State of Texas. Each Commissioner and the Mayor and such other officers as the Board of Commissioners may designate are hereby authorized to administer oaths in the Municipal affairs and government of the City of Alamo.

Section 8. Official Bond of City Officers

   The Board of Commissioners shall require any elected or appointed officer of the City to give bond with such surety and in such sum as may be prescribed by ordinance, which sum shall always be of sufficient amount to protect the City. The premium for such bond shall be paid for by the City.

Section 9. Officers and Employees Salaries

   The Board of Commissioners shall have authority to fix all salaries and remuneration of all offices either elective or appointive and all employees of the City of Alamo. (Amended Election 1-18-1992)