(A) (1) The Board of Trustees shall consist of five members who shall be nominated and elected at large without regard to their place of residence within the corporate limits of the town.
(2) Trustees shall be actual residents and registered voters of the town.
(B) (1) A resolution of the Board of Trustees calling for a general or special election to fill the office of Trustees shall state the number of four year terms and the number of unexpired terms, if any, to be filled.
(2) The resolution shall direct that the ballot shall state the number of offices of Trustees to be filled for each term and that the voters shall vote for the number to be filled.
(C) Candidates for the office of Trustee shall file for a specific term, which shall be designated on the declaration of candidacy. Candidates receiving the largest pluralities for each designated term shall be elected.
(Prior Code, § 2-102) (Ord. passed 1-6-2003)
Editor’s note:
This section became effective 1-6-2003.
Statutory reference:
Elections, see 11 O.S. § 16-205
Governing board, see 11 O.S. §§ 12-102 and 12-103
Terms of office, see 11 O.S. § 8-102
Trustees, at large rather than ward, see 11 O.S. § 12-103.1
Vacancies in office of Trustee, see 11 O.S. § 8-109