The legislative powers of the City, except as limited by this Charter, shall be vested in a Council consisting of five members of whom shall represent each of the four wards within the City and one of whom shall be an at-large member elected from the City at-large. The members of the Council shall serve for a term of four years. A Councilman may be elected to an unlimited number of terms but may not serve any more than two consecutive terms at one time. His term shall commence on the first day of January next following their election. At the 1979 general election, the Councilmen from the second and fourth wards shall be elected for a term commencing on the first day of January next following their election. At the 1981 general election, the Councilmen from the first and third wards and the at-large member shall be elected for the term commencing on the first day of January next following their election. Thereafter the Councilmen shall be elected as herein set forth.
(Amended November 2, 1993)