Seven (7) Council members are to be elected. Three (3) Council members are to be elected at large. Four (4) Council Members shall be elected from wards, one from each ward. The Ward Council Members must be a resident of the Ward on the date they file their petitions for election with the Board of Elections and he or she must also meet the qualifications of Section 4.02 of the Charter. The present Council shall, within 45 days after adoption of this Charter provision, divide the municipality into four (4) wards having as near as practical, equal population, and thereafter the then existing Council shall have the power to change the boundaries of the wards by ordinance every four (4) years thereafter and upon the annexation of any territory, shall have the power to place said district or any part thereof in any existing ward or wards as will most efficiently keep said wards of equal population.
Ward council members shall serve for a term of four (4) years beginning on the first day of January next following their election. The initial term of office of the ward council members shall commence on January 1, 2016 and every four (4) years thereafter. At large members of Council shall also serve for a term of four (4) years. In November 2017, and quadrennially thereafter, the at-large councilpersons shall be elected so as to provide that the term of one councilperson at large will commence on the first day of January, 2018 and quadrennially thereafter; the term of one councilperson at large shall commence on the second day of January, 2018, and quadrennially thereafter; and the term of one councilperson at large shall commence on the third day of January, 2018, and quadrennially thereafter.
(Amended 11-6-84; 11-4-14)