(A) Commencing with the primary election in 1976 and every two years thereafter, all elected officers of the municipality shall be nominated at the statewide primary election and elected at the statewide general election. All elected officers of the municipality shall serve for terms of four years or until their successors are elected and qualified.
(B) The Mayor shall be a resident and registered voter of the municipality.
(C) The members of the City Council shall be elected from the municipality by wards, as defined in § 36.04, unless the registered voters of the municipality vote to elect its Council members at large. Each ward of the municipality shall have three Council members elected in the manner provided in the Election Act. The term of office shall begin on the first regular meeting of the City Council in December following the statewide general election. No person shall be eligible to the office of Council member who is not at the time of the election an actual resident of the ward for which he or she is elected and a registered voter.
(1997 Code, § 1-703)
Statutory reference:
Authority or similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-103, 17-104, 32-533, 32-554