(a) Elected Commissioners shall take office at the beginning of the next official meeting following the municipal election at which they were elected. They shall hold office for a term of three (3) years, or until their successors are elected and qualified, unless:
(1) The individual has been appointed or elected to fulfill the term of a Commissioner-at-Large who has been removed from office other than by means of recall, forfeited the office of Commissioner-at-Large, resigned, or the office has become vacant due to the death of a Commissioner-at-Large. In such event, a successor Commissioner-at-Large shall assume office in the manner set forth in Section 2.04. in this Charter.
(2) The individual has been elected to fulfill the term of a Commissioner-at-Large who has been recalled from said office by the electorate. In such event a newly elected Commissioner-at-Large who is replacing a Commissioner-at-Large recalled from office shall serve a term equal in time to what would have otherwise been the time remaining in the term of the recalled Commissioner-at-Large's term; or
(3) The individual is elected to fill a term otherwise consistent with this Charter.
(b) Neither a commission member or the mayor may qualify for or serve more than two (2) complete consecutive terms and the portion of an unexpired term occurring by reason of a vacancy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an elected city official, such as a commissioner, who has served the maximum time in office as permitted by this paragraph, may qualify for and be elected to serve in a different city elected office, such as mayor. Further, a commissioner or the mayor who has served the maximum amount of time permitted by this sub- section may again serve on the commission subject to the time and term limitations of this sub-section; provided, that the official has not served on the commission for at least one (1) year (three hundred sixty-five (365) days = one (1) year). Any city elected official who resigns within one (1) year (three hundred sixty-five (365) days = one (1) year) before the end of the second consecutive term of office shall be prohibited from qualifying as a candidate for a commission seat in the next regular city election. This paragraph shall be applicable to any commission member or the mayor who, subsequent to the election held on November 2, 2004, has served for two (2) complete consecutive terms and which terms have been served in full after November 2, 2004.
(Adopted by electorate 11-6-73; Amendment adopted by electorate 11-4-86; Amendment adopted by electorate 11-7-89; Amendment adopted by electorate 11-2-04)