(A) Except as provided in division (B) below, a Council member shall hold office for a term of four years and until the qualification of a successor.
(B) (1) At the first annual election held after the organization of a city under this title, the electors of the city shall elect two Council members from each ward, who shall, at the first meeting of the Council, decide by lot their terms of office, with one from each ward to hold for a term of four years and one for a term of two years and until the qualification of their successors.
(2) In the succeeding elections, one Council member from each ward must be elected for a four-year term.
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see M.C.A. § 7-4-4402