(a) The Town Council shall consist of six members, two of whom shall be elected at large by all the qualified voters of the Town, and four of whom shall be elected by the qualified voters of each of four single-member electoral districts, respectively, as established by the Town Council pursuant to the law. Terms of Council members shall be overlapping four-year terms. In the 2001 election and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected, for four-year terms, one Council member from Electoral District A, one Council member from Electoral District C, and one Council member from the Town at large. In the 2003 election and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected, for four-year terms, one Council member from Electoral District B, one Council member from Electoral District D, and one Council member from the Town at large.
(b) The Mayor shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the Town, for a term of four years, in the 2003 election and quadrennially thereafter. The Mayor shall have the right to vote on all matters before the Town Council.
(c) The method of election of the Mayor and Town Council shall be the nonpartisan election and runoff method to be conducted as provided in G.S. 163-293.
(N.C.S.L. Ch. 2005-117, § 1(3.2))