The regular election of members of the Common Council shall be held on the second Tuesday of April in each year or as provided by State law.
The present members of the Common Council in office at the effective date of this Charter shall continue to hold office until the expiration of terms to which they were elected. Commencing at the first annual municipal election under this Charter and at all subsequent annual municipal elections, three members of the majority number of votes shall serve a two-year term. Commencing at the second annual election under this Charter and at two-year intervals thereafter there shall be elected a Mayor who shall serve a two-year term. All council terms shall commence at the first regular council meeting in the month following the annual city election.