A. Council members shall be elected to office at each general municipal election held in the manner hereinafter provided by this Charter. Upon election, council members shall assume office at 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday in December following the date of their election and shall hold office for a term of four years thereafter and until successors are elected and qualified.
B. If, on the date an incoming councilmember is to assume office, the identity of the person elected to such office has not been finally determined, then no person shall be deemed qualified to assume such office until the first meeting held by the council following the date the identity of the person elected to such office has been finally determined and if, on the date an incoming councilmember is to assume office, there is any uncertainty as to which outgoing councilmember has been succeeded, then such uncertainty shall be resolved by the remainder of the council at its meeting on such date.
C. Term Limits.
i. A person is ineligible to hold office as a member of the city council if that person has served as a member of the city council, including any services as mayor, vice-mayor, or mayor pro tempore, for three (3) consecutive full terms. Nothing in this section shall act to bar any person from serving as a member of the city council after at least two (2) years have elapsed from the person's last full term as a member of the city council.
ii. For the purpose of the term limits set forth in this section, a person who was appointed or elected to a vacant city council position for an unexpired term of more than one-half the original term shall be deemed to have served a full term. Any person who resigns or is removed from office during a term shall be deemed to have served a full term.
iii. The term limits established by this section shall apply prospectively, to those terms of office which commence on or after November 6, 2018. Only those terms of office commencing on or after November 6, 2018 shall be counted towards the term limit established by this Subsection 401.C.
(Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 142, Ch. 135, Statutes of 1965; Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(a), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75; Res. No. 20 76-77 §1, Measure B, Passed 11-2-76, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 11-23-76; Res. No. 126 80-81 §§1 and 7 (part), Measures A and G (part), Passed 4-7-81, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 6-8-81; Res. No. 25 84- 85 §1 (part), Passed 11-6-84, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-3-85; Res. No. 112 93-94 §1, Measure A (part), Passed 6-7-94, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 10-3-94; Res. No. 58-18, Measure S, Passed 11-6-18, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-2-18)