(A) Qualifications; terms of office. Any person shall be eligible to hold the office of Council member of the city who is, at the time of election, and remains a qualified elector under the Constitution and laws of the state. Each Council member elected at the general city election shall be installed at the first meeting in January following election.
(B) Vacancies in office. A vacancy on the Council shall be filled by appointment made by the Mayor with the consent of the Council, which appointee shall serve only until the next general city election, at which election the vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the original term.
(C) Powers and duties. The City Council shall have such powers and duties as are now or may hereafter be provided under the general laws of the state.
(Prior Code, § 1-6-3)