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Said City shall have power, within and without its territorial limits, to construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, lease, improve, add to, maintain and conduct and operate in whole or in part, water works, water pipelines and pump stations, light plants, telephone systems, power plants, transportation systems, heating plants, incinerating plants and disposal plants, sanitary sewers, storm sewers and drains, and any other public utility or works or ways, and everything required therefore. And any such systems, plants, works, or ways or any contracts in relation or connection therewith that may exist and which said City may desire to purchase in whole or in part maybe purchased or acquired, in whole or in part, by said City which may enforce said purchase by proceeding at law or in equity or by right of eminent domain, said City shall have the power to issue bonds upon the vote of the tax paying electors at any special or general election in any amount necessary to carry out any of said powers or purposes, said amount being alone limited by the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. Provided, however, that the power to condemn shall not be exercised for the purpose of acquiring such utilities now existing and operating under franchise granted by a vote of the people except under the terms of said franchise. Provided, further, that the same exemption from the power to condemn may be embodied in any franchise for any other public service or public utility corporation that may be hereafter submitted to a vote of the people.
The elective officers of the City of Guthrie shall be a Mayor to be nominated and elected from the City at large, and six (6) Councilmen, two (2) from each of the three wards, to be nominated and elected from the wards in which they reside. When used hereafter, the words “Council” or “The City Council” shall be understood to mean the Mayor and Councilmen. The term “Mayor” or “Councilmen” shall be understood to be either masculine or feminine.
Any qualified citizen (see Article VI, Section 16, for qualifications) may become a candidate for Mayor or Councilman by filing with the Logan County Election Board at the times and dates as set forth in Article VI, Section 16, a Certificate or Declaration of Candidacy containing the information and in the form as provided by State law (currently 26 O.S., 1981, Section 5-111), except that no political party affiliation shall be declared; a filing fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) shall be submitted with the Certificate or Declaration of Candidacy; in lieu of such filing fee a Certificate or Declaration of Candidacy may be accompanied by a petition supporting a candidate's filing* signed by at least twenty-five (25) registered voters eligible to vote for the candidate in the first election wherein the candidate's name could appear on the ballot.
The boundary lines for the three (3) wards referred to in Section One (1) of this Article shall be established by the City Council within sixty (60) days of the adoption of this amendment and shall be from time to time changed as required by law; the ward boundary lines shall be reviewed for change within one (1) year after release of the final Federal Census figures each decade, and shall be reviewed for change after each annexation and deannexation.
The term of office of Mayor shall be two (2) years and shall begin on the first Tuesday in May following the election at which he or she is elected. The term for the office of Councilman shall be four (4) years and shall begin on the first Tuesday in May following the election at which they are elected. Three (3) Councilman shall be elected at each election, one from each of the City's three (3) wards.
(Approved by electors, 4-5-2005)
If only two (2) persons file for the office of Mayor their names shall not be printed on the primary ballots; if only one person files for the office of Mayor his or her name shall not be printed on either primary or general election ballots and such person shall be issued a Certificate of Election.
If two (2) or less persons file for office of Councilman within a single ward, their names shall not be printed on a primary ballot. If only one (1) person files for the office of Councilman within a single ward, their names shall not be printed on either primary or general election ballots, and such person shall be issued a Certificate of Election.
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