ARTICLE XI
GENERAL PROVISIONS

§11.01   LIMITATIONS ON TERMS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

   After the effective date of this Charter, no person shall be elected to more than two consecutive terms of office as a member of Council or the Mayor; nor shall any person be elected to more than a total of two consecutive terms of office as a member of Council and the Mayor in combination. For purposes of applying this limitation on election to consecutive terms of office, election to any other office or term as Mayor or member of Council before the expiration of a current term to which the person was previously elected as Mayor or member of Council shall constitute two consecutive terms of office. Any person who is appointed to a different office or term during the first of possible consecutive elected terms as Mayor or member of Council shall be limited to one additional elected term as Mayor or member of Council when the additional elected term immediately follows the expiration of either the elected or appointed term. In addition, any person who has been elected to two consecutive terms of office as defined above and whose most recent elected term has not expired may only be appointed to serve in any other office or term as Mayor or member of Council until the end of his or her most recent elected term. If applicable, this limitation will operate as an automatic removal of the person so appointed at the end of such person’s most recent elected term and create a vacancy for any remaining balance of the term of the appointed office. Such vacancy shall be filled as provided in either §3.10 or §5.03 of this Charter as applicable. The provisions of §3.10 and §5.03 of this Charter relative to appointments to vacancies for unexpired terms as Mayor or member of Council are specifically limited as herein provided.

(Amended 11-2-10)