(A) Elected officials shall be residents and registered voters of the city. No person shall be precluded from being elected or appointed to or holding an elective office for the reason that he or she has been elected or appointed to or holds another elective office, unless that person is presently serving as a member of the legislature or in an elective office described in Article IV, § 1, of the Constitution of the state. A legislator, or an office holder elected pursuant to Article IV, may simultaneously serve in another elective office which is filled at an election held in conjunction with the annual meeting of a public body. Whenever an incumbent of the legislature, or an office holder elected pursuant to Article IV, assumes another elective office, except an elective office filled at an election held in conjunction with the annual meeting of a public body, the office first held by the incumbent shall be deemed vacant.
(B) Members of the Council shall hold no other employment with the city. Any Council member who ceases to possess any of the qualifications required by this section or who has been convicted of a crime while in office shall forthwith forfeit such office. The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members, subject to review by the courts.
(Prior Code, § 1-107) (Ord. 515, passed 3-5-1991)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-108.02, 19-613 and 32-563