Commencing January 1, 2015, no person shall hold the office of member of council for a period longer than three consecutive four-year terms. Consecutive terms of service on the council to which members were elected prior to December 1, 2014 shall be counted in determining eligibility for the office of member of council under this Section. In determining the eligibility of an individual to hold the office of member of council in accordance with this article:
(a) Termed-Limited individuals may not be appointed to complete an unexpired term of a person leaving that same office.
(b) A person who is elected to the office of member of council in a regular scheduled general election and resigns prior to the completion of the term for which he or she was elected, shall be considered to have served the full term in that office.
(c) A person who has been appointed to fulfill an unexpired term to which another person was first elected shall be considered to have served the full term in that office.
Should time in office become an issue in determining one's Termed-Limited status, that status may be confirmed by using archived, village, county or any other public records.
Each provision of this section shall be deemed severable from the others, and a finding that a provision is invalid shall not affect the other provisions.
(Adopted by electorate, Nov. 4, 2014)