There shall be no separate administrative board of health, library board, park board, or any other administrative board or commission, except for the administration of a function jointly with another political subdivision. The council shall itself be and perform the duties and exercise the powers of such boards and commissions. The council may, however, establish, regulate and abolish boards or commissions to advise the council with respect to any municipal function or activity, to investigate any subject of interest to the city, or to perform quasi judicial functions.
The council shall be composed of six council members and a mayor, all of whom shall be qualified electors. The council members and mayor shall be elected at large. The council may by ordinance increase the number of council members. Each council member and the mayor shall serve for a period of four years and until their successor is elected and qualifies.
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016; Ord. 558, passed 7-11-2016)
Except, as otherwise permitted by law, no member of the council shall be appointed to any paid administrative position, nor shall any member hold any paid municipal office or employment under the city; and until one year after the expiration of the term as mayor or council member, no former member shall be appointed to any paid appointive office or employment under the city which office or employment was created during a term as council member.
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016)
A vacancy in the council shall be deemed to exist for any reason stated in State Statutes, and for continuous absence from the city for more than three months, or by reason of the failure of any council member without good cause to perform any of the duties of membership in the council for a period of three months. These provisions do not pertain to the provisions for recall as outlined in chapter 5 of this Charter. In each such case the council shall by resolution declare such vacancy to exist and shall forthwith appoint an eligible person to fill the same until the next regular municipal election, when the office shall be filled for the unexpired term.
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016; Ord. 558, passed 7-11-2016)
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