General municipal elections for the election of officers and for such other purposes as the City Council may prescribe shall be held in the City on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. However, in the event the state legislature hereafter prescribes a different day for the holding of the statewide general election, general municipal elections shall be held upon such day in each even-numbered year as prescribed for the statewide general election. (Amended November 2, 1982, filed by Secretary of State, January 18, 1983; amended November 7, 2000, filed by Secretary of State February 6, 2001.)