(A) All elected officers of the municipality shall be nominated at the statewide primary election and elected at the statewide general election. All elected officers of the municipality shall serve for terms of four years or until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Neb. RS 32-533)
(B) The Mayor and Council members shall be residents and registered voters of the municipality.
(C) The members of the City Council shall be elected from the municipality by wards, as defined in § 34.07 of this code, unless the registered voters of the municipality vote to elect its Council members at large. Each ward of the municipality shall have two Council members elected in the manner provided in the Election Act. The term of office shall begin on the first regular meeting of the City Council in December following the statewide general election. No person shall be eligible to the office of Council member who is not at the time of the election an actual resident of the ward for which he or she is elected and a registered voter.
(`77 Code, § 1-717)
Statutory reference:
Change from or to ward or at-large election, see Neb. RS 32-554
City Council, members, terms, qualifications, see Neb. RS 17-103 and 17-104
Mayor, qualifications, see Neb. RS 17-107
Merger of elective and appointive offices, see Neb. RS 17-108.02