Any registered elector, who has lived in the city for two years prior to filing his petition of candidacy, and who is not the occupant of an incompatible office or employment shall be eligible to have his name placed on the ballot, if his petition is sufficient as hereinafter provided, and to serve as a member of the council, if elected.
Once elected and sworn in, a member of council may vacate his office by resignation, accepted by a majority of the other council members; by removal of his permanent residence to a place outside the limits of the city; by ceasing to be a qualified elector; by absence, without excuse by the other members of council, from meetings of the council during two consecutive months; by the acceptance of and entering upon the duties of an incompatible office; by recall, as hereinafter provided; by removal from office for malfeasance, as provided by law, or by death.
Vacancies in the office of council member shall be filled within thirty days by vote of a majority of the remaining council members, by the selection of a person qualified as provided in Section 2.02
hereof. Such person so chosen shall serve until the next regular municipal election occurring not less than one hundred days after his selection. At such election a successor shall be elected to serve for the unexpired term, if any; if not, for a full term.
The members of the council shall receive a salary of $200.00 per year, payable quarterly. The council may, however, fix a different salary to be paid to their successors in office provided that no increase shall be paid unless the ordinance establishing it shall have been passed at least one hundred days before a regular municipal election, at which a majority of the council members are to be elected.
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