Six (6) Council members shall be elected as Council members at large to four (4) year terms on a rotation of three (3) members selected in one election and three (3) members selected in the next. This rotation will begin with three (3) persons being selected at the 2019 November general election and three (3) selected at the 2021 November general election and will continue at the November general election in subsequent off numbered years. The Mayor shall be selected by separate ballot to a four (4) year term beginning at the 2019 November general election and each four (4) years thereafter.
(Amended 11-6-90; Amendment passed by electorate 11-8-16)
(A) Term Limitation.
(1) In no case except as set forth in this subparagraph shall any person be elected to either the office of Council member, Mayor, or a combination of the two offices, for more than two (2) consecutive terms of four (4) years each; provided that the term served in filling a vacancy or unexpired term shall not be considered as part of the two (2) consecutive terms of four (4) years each. If a Council member is elected to the office of Mayor during their second term as a Council member, they shall be allowed to serve the full term as Mayor, not to exceed ten (10) years.
(2) Following the election to two (2) consecutive terms as either Council member, Mayor, or a combination of the two offices, no person shall immediately thereafter be eligible for election to either office, or a combination thereof, until a period of one (1) term consisting of four (4) years has elapsed.
(3) No person who has been elected to two (2) consecutive terms as Council member, Mayor, or a combination of the two offices, shall be appointed to fill a vacancy or unexpired term until a period of one (1) term consisting of four (4) years has elapsed since that same person last held office as either Council member or Mayor.
(4) Present members already elected to more than two (2) consecutive terms as either Council member, Mayor, or a combination of the two offices, shall finish the present term to which they were elected.
This proposed Charter amendment shall become effective from the time of its approval by the electors and shall apply to all present Council members and Mayor.
(Amended 11-3-92; Amendment passed by electorate 11-4-97; Amendment passed by electorate 11-8-16; Amendment passed by electorate 6-24-19)