Council shall consist of six electors of the Municipality who shall be elected at large to overlapping four-year terms of office. Elections shall take place at the general November election of odd-numbered years.
All elections for Council shall be non-partisan. Nominations for Council shall be made by individual petition signed by not less than twenty-five qualified electors of the city. Nominating petitions and statements of candidacy shall be filed with the Board of Elections in the form prescribed in accordance with state law for individual non-partisan candidates.
At the first municipal election after the adoption of this Charter, the three candidates receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected to four year terms of office and the three candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected to two year terms of office. Thereafter all members of Council shall be elected for a four-year term of office.
Councilmember regular terms shall commence on the first day of December next after their election, and shall end on the thirtieth day of November next after the election of their successors or as soon thereafter as their successors are qualified.