Except as otherwise provided by this Charter, all powers conferred on the city shall be exercised by a city council to be composed of 15 members, nominated and elected in the manner hereinafter provided unless otherwise provided by law. One member of the city council, Place 15, shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire city and 14 members by the qualified voters residing in a particular district, Places 1 through 14 respectively, as provided in Chapter IV of this Charter. Members of council, Places 1 through 14, shall each be elected for a term of two years and member of council, Place 15, shall be elected for a term of four years. The city council members so elected shall take office on the first Monday following the 30th calendar day after the final canvass of the general election, and they shall serve until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. (Amend. of 4-3-76, Prop. No. 1; Amend. of 8-12-89, Prop. No. 1; Amend. of 5-1-93, Prop. No. 1; Amend. of 5-3-97, Prop. No. 7; Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 6)
(a) The person elected as member of council, Place 15, shall be the presiding officer of the city council and the mayor of the City of Dallas. The mayor shall have a vote on all matters coming before the city council, other than confirmation of appointments by the mayor, unless otherwise disqualified, but no power to veto. The mayor shall be the official head of the city government.
(b) In addition to the mayor’s other duties, the mayor shall ensure that annual reports are made as to the state of the city, its financial condition, its accomplishments, and its plan and needs for the future. (Amend. of 4-3-76, Prop. No. 2; Amend. of 8-12-89, Prop. No. 1)
Each member of the city council shall, in addition to the other qualifications prescribed by law, be at the date of election a qualified voter of the city, and shall not be in arrears in the payment of liabilities due the city related to holding office. (Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 13; Amend. of 11-5-24)
(a) A person who has served as a member of the city council other than Place 15 for four two-year terms shall not again be eligible to become a candidate for, or to serve in, any place on the city council except Place 15.
(b) A person who has served two terms as a member of the city council, Place 15, shall not again be eligible to become a candidate for, or to serve in, Place 15 on the city council.
(c) A “term” as used in Subsection (a) shall include any period of service during a city council term when that period is in excess of one year, including a term from which the member resigned.
(d) For the purpose of limiting terms under Subsection (b), a term includes a period of time less than four years when the period of service by a mayor during a term is in excess of 731 days. (Amend. of 1-17-81, Prop. No. 2; Amend. of 8-12-89, Prop. No. 1; Amend. of 11-5-24)
(a) Effective October 1, 2001, each member of the city council, other than the mayor, shall receive a salary in the sum of $37,500 for each year (prorated for partial years) that the member serves on the city council. The mayor shall receive a salary in the sum of $60,000 for each year (prorated for partial years) served as mayor on the city council. [Note: This version of subsection (a) is effective until the swearing in of city council members in June 2015.]
(a) Effective upon the swearing in of city council members in June 2015, each member of the city council, other than the mayor, shall receive a salary in the sum of $60,000 for each year (prorated for partial years) that the member serves on the city council. The mayor shall receive a salary in the sum of $60,000 for each year (prorated for partial years) served as mayor on the city council. [Note: This version of subsection (a) is effective upon the swearing in of city council members in June 2015 and until the swearing in as mayor of an individual who did not hold the office of mayor on November 4, 2014.]
(b) For purposes of this section, a “year” means a 12-consecutive-month period.
(c) The salary provided for in Subsection (a) will be paid on a biweekly basis.
(d) In addition to receiving the salary provided for in Subsection (a), all necessary expenses incurred by members of the city council in the performance of their duties will be paid by the city, when authorized by the city council. The mayor and each member of the city council may also receive benefits for elected officials as permitted by state and federal law and adopted by city council through resolution or ordinance.
(e) If any city council member, including the mayor, misses more than 10 percent of the total number of regular meetings held by the city council during any salary year, then the city council member’s salary provided for under Subsection (a) for that year will be reduced proportionately by the percentage of meetings missed. For purposes of this subsection, regular meetings include both those held by the full city council and those held by the standing city council committees on which a member serves. Meetings missed by a city council member while he or she is on the official business of the city council and at the direction of the city council will not be counted towards the percentage of missed meetings for which salary reduction is required under this subsection, but will be counted as though the member had attended the meetings that are missed while so engaged in city business. (Amend. of 5-5-01, Prop. No. 1; Amend. of 11-4-14, Prop. No. 8; Amend. of 11-5-24)
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