(A) No person shall be eligible to the office of alderman unless such person shall be a qualified elector, and reside within the ward for which such person is elected; nor shall such person be eligible if said person is in arrears for the payment of any tax or other liability due in said city; nor shall said person be directly or indirectly interested in any contract whatever to which the city is party; nor shall said person be eligible if said person shall have been convicted of malfeasance, bribery, or other corrupt practices or crimes; nor shall said person be eligible to any office, the salary of which is payable out of the City Treasury, if at any time of such appointment such person shall be a member of the City Council; nor shall any member of the City Council at the same time hold any other office under the city government; nor shall said member be either directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a firm, engaged in any business transaction, other than official with the city, through its mayor or any of its authorized boards, agents, or attorneys whereby any money is to be paid, directly or indirectly, out of the City Treasury to such member or firm.
(B) The offices of mayor and city alderman shall be elected at nonpartisan elections and, if necessary, non-partisan primaries.
1. The Mayor and City Alderman of the City of East Moline elected at the Consolidate Election held in 2017 (Mayor and the 2017 Aldermen) shall hold office for four (4) years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The provisions of this proposition and applicable law, in particular 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-15 through 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-55, inclusive, of the Illinois Municipal Code, shall govern the election of the successors of the Mayor and "2017 Aldermen," except that where such provisions refer to President, Trustees and Village, they shall be read as Mayor, Aldermen and City, respectively and except references to 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-60 and 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-70 shall be ignored. Such successors shall be nominated at a primary election to be held at the Consolidated Primary of 2021 and every fourth year thereafter (if a primary is necessary pursuant to the provisions of 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-15 through 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-55, inclusive of the Illinois Municipal Code), and elected at a general election to be held at the Consolidated Election in 2017 and every fourth year thereafter.
2. The four (4) year Aldermen of the City of East Moline elected at the Consolidated Election in 2015 (the "2015 Aldermen") shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. The provisions of this proposition and applicable law, in particular 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-15 through 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-55, inclusive, of the Illinois Municipal Code including exceptions noted above, shall govern the election of the successors of the "2015 Aldermen." Such successors shall be nominated at a primary election to be held at the Consolidated Primary of 2019 and every fourth year thereafter (if a primary is necessary pursuant to the provisions of 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-15 through 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-55, inclusive, of the Illinois Municipal Code), and elected at a general election to be held at the Consolidated Election in 2003 and every fourth year thereafter.
3. Any election to fill a vacancy in the office of Mayor or of a 2015 AI den nan to be held prior to or at the regularly scheduled 2019 elections shall he in accord with the provisions of this proposition and applicable law, in particular, 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-15 through 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-55, inclusive, of the Illinois Municipal Code including exceptions noted above.
(C) Effective January 2018, and continuing thereafter, if a candidate for any office mentioned in this section participates, campaigns or otherwise runs for office on a partisan basis or with an affiliation with any perineal party, such candidate shall be disqualified from office, and any such person running with any such designation or affiliation shall not be certified by the City Clerk as a valid candidate; provided, however, that any such person already elected and serving in office at the time of the enactment of this ordinance shall be permitted to affiliate with political parties or maintain their political designation with respect to their office until their current term expires or until a vacancy occurs in such person's position, whichever first occurs.
(D) Any election to fill any vacancy in any of the offices enumerated herein which is to be held after the effective date of this section shall be held in accordance with the General Election Law; provided, however, that where any such provision would conflict with this section, then this section shall supersede such conflicting provision as an enactment of the City of East Moline's home rule powers. (Ord. 17-10, 4-17-2017)