Council shall consist of six (6) members to be elected from the Municipality at large on a partisan ballot to serve overlapping four (4) year terms. There shall be a Councilmanic election held every two years. Members of Council shall be sworn into office the first meeting of January of the year following their election.
Previously elected Councilpersons shall serve until the end of their terms. At the municipal general election to be held in November, 1989, the four (4) persons elected shall serve the following terms:
A. The three (3) elected Councilpersons receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve four-year terms.
B. The fourth elected Councilperson shall serve a two-year term.
Thereafter, all members of Council shall be elected to terms of four (4) years each.
Members of Council shall have been qualified electors of the Municipality for at least twelve (12) consecutive months immediately prior to the time of filing as candidates for the office of Council; shall remain qualified electors and residents thereof throughout their terms of office; and shall hold no other elective public office. No member of Council shall be employed by the Municipality. Any member of Council who ceases to possess or who violates any of the qualifications herein provided shall forfeit the office. Failure to maintain qualifications or removal from office shall not render void nor invalidate any action of Council in which such member participated.