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(A) The Town Council shall judge the elections, qualifications and returns of its members pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-234. Such qualifications shall not only include those contained within A.R.S. Title 16, but also any contained within this town code.
(B) The qualifications for eligibility of Mayor or Council candidates for election or appointment to these positions includes the requirement that no delinquent or fixed fines and penalties, user fees, permit fees and sales tax be owed to the town at the time of declaration of candidacy.
(C) Council members, candidates and appointees for town elected and appointed office shall be held to certain standards of conduct, which include compliance with all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations (i.e., to include, but not exclusive of, state standards of conduct for public officials, conflict of interest, open meetings laws and the like).
(D) Failure to comply with this section shall result in ineligibility of the candidate or elected official seeking re-election to be qualified to run or be appointed to town office.
(E) Appointed official to town offices of Manager, Attorney, Town Clerk and Magistrate shall be held to the same standards and shall not be qualified to hold appointed positions.
(Prior Code, § 2-1-10) (Ord. 09-15, passed - -2009; Ord. 23-01, passed 1-24-2023)
COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Any candidate who receives at the primary election a majority of all the votes cast at that election for that office shall be declared elected to the office for which that person is a candidate effective as of the date of the general election, and no further election shall be held as to said candidate; provided that, if more candidates receive a majority of the votes cast than there are seats to be filled for that office then those candidates who receive the highest number of votes equal to the number of seats to be filled for the office shall be declared elected to that office. The majority of votes cast shall be determined pursuant to state law.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-1) (Ord. 16-04, passed 4-12-2016)
If, at any primary election held as above provided, there be any office for which no candidate is elected, then as to such office, said election shall be considered to be a primary election for nomination of candidates for such office, and the second or general municipal election shall be held to vote for candidates to fill such office. Candidates to be placed on the ballot at the general municipal election shall be those not elected at the primary election and shall be equal in number to twice the number to be elected to any given office or less than that number if there be less than that number named on the primary election ballot. Persons who receive the highest number of votes for the respective offices at such first election shall be the only candidates at such second election; provided that, if there be any person who, under the provisions of this subchapter, would have been entitled to become a candidate for any office, except for the fact that some other candidate received an equal number of votes therefor, then all such persons receiving an equal number of votes shall likewise become candidates for such office.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-3)
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