The present members of the Common Council who were elected on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January, 1975, shall hold office for the two year terms for which they were elected. The present members of the Common Council who were elected on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January, 1976, shall hold office until the first day of July, 1978.
On the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January, in the year 1977, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said Town, one councilman from each ward, each of whom shall hold office for a term beginning on the first day of February immediately following the date of their election until the first day of July 1979, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and on the first Thursday in June, 1979, and on the first Thursday of June of each successive year thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said Town one councilman from each ward, each of whom shall hold office for the term of two years beginning on the first day of July immediately following the date of their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. Each of said councilmen shall be resident and legal voter of his or her respective ward.
And on the first Thursday in June, 1978, and on the first Thursday in June of each second year thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters in said Town a Mayor, who shall hold office for the period of two years from the first day of July immediately following his or her election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
And thereafter said officer and councilmen shall be elected in the same manner, it being the meaning and intent of this section that one-half of said common council, or one member from each ward shall be elected at every annual election, and that each councilman so elected shall hold office for the term of two years.
(Amended 3-19-18)