At each regular village election there shall be elected by and from the village at large four (4) Councilmen, the three (3) receiving the highest number of votes shall hold office for two (2) years and the one (1) who shall receive the fourth highest number of votes shall hold office for one (1) year. The term of office of each Councilman shall commence on and date from the Monday next following the date of the regular village election at which they are elected.
(Adopted 3-13-67)
Editor’s Note:
The 2004 amendments to the Michigan Election Law take precedence over Section 3.2 of the village Charter. Per those amendments, a Village Council Resolution was adopted on November 22, 2004, to provide that the terms of Village Council members be changed from one and two year staggered terms to two and four year staggered terms, continuing the Charter provision for the election of four Council members at each election, with the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes elected for four year terms and the candidate receiving the fourth highest number of votes elected for a two-year term. Any Council member terms that expire prior to the next regular village election shall be extended to the Monday following that election when the new terms shall begin.