The elective officials of the Village shall be the Mayor and six (6) Council Members elected at large. Said officials shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided by law for the election of Village officials commencing on January 1, following their election as follows:
a. Commencing with the regular municipal election in 2009, the Mayor shall be elected for a term of four (4) years and every fourth year thereafter commencing on the first day of January next following such election, and shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
b. Commencing at the regular municipal election in 2017, Council Members shall be elected in a manner creating staggered terms of four (4) years. The terms of Council Members shall be staggered such that the three (3) individuals who receive the highest vote totals at the regular municipal election in 2017 shall be elected for a four (4) year term and every four years thereafter. The three (3) individuals who achieve the next three (3) highest vote totals (i.e., members receiving the fourth, fifth and sixth highest vote totals) in the regular municipalelection in 2017 shall serve a two (2) year term. At the regular municipal election in 2019, the three (3) individuals who receive the three (3) highest vote totals in that election shall be elected to four (4) year terms and every fourth year thereafter.
(Amended 11-5-68; 11-4-08; 5-5-09; 11-8-16; 11-2-21)
EDITORS’S NOTE: Sections 1A and 1B concerning the Clerk were repealed at the election of 11-2-21.