(A) Council members shall be elected from the municipality at large unless the residents of the municipality have voted to elect its Council members by wards. Council members shall serve for a term of four years and shall be a resident and qualified elector.
(B) If the election of Council members takes place by wards, each nominee for Council member shall be a resident and qualified elector of the ward for which he or she is a candidate and only residents of that ward may sign the candidate’s nomination petitions.
(Neb. RS 5-108) (2000 Code, § 1-720)