(A) Establishment of term of office. In municipal elections for the office of Town Council to be held November 7, 1995 in the Town of Kouts, the two elected individuals receiving the highest percentage vote totals shall serve a four-year term on the Council. The two elected individuals receiving the third and fourth highest percentage vote totals in the balloting for positions on the Council shall each serve a three- year term on the Council. In the event that all four successful candidates are not elected at a contested municipal election, then all candidates shall be placed in alphabetical order using each candidates usual and customary surname. The successful candidates in the second and third alphabetical positions shall serve a four-year term on the Council. The successful candidates in the first and fourth alphabetical position shall serve a three-year term. These determinations were made by the Council using a random selection lottery.
(B) Commencement of term. All terms for newly elected or reelected Council members shall begin at noon on January 1, 1996.
(C) Successors. All successors to the Council members elected or selected pursuant to law shall serve for terms of four years regardless of the balloting vote totals between successful candidates.
(D) “Highest percentage vote” defined. For purposes of this section, the HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF VOTE shall mean a successful candidate’s ballot totals as certified by the Porter County Election Board expressed as a fraction the numerator of which is the actual number of votes received by the candidate and the denominator is the actual number of registered and eligible voters legally entitled to vote for the candidate.
(Ord. 1994-5, passed 6-6-94; Am. Ord. 1995-15, passed 8-21-95)