The Town Council shall be composed of five members who shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the town. The term of office for Council members elected at large to the Town Council for the Town of St. James shall be four years and the same shall be staggered such that no more than three Council members shall, in the ordinary course of business, be eligible for election at any given election year. In order to implement the staggered office terms herein required, the regularly scheduled election for the Council of the Town of St. James to be held in November, 2003, shall be held such that two seats elected at such time shall be designated as four-year-term seats and three seats elected at such election shall be designated as two-year-term seats; and each candidate therefor shall, at the time of the filing of such candidates’ notice of candidacy for such office, designate whether such candidate shall opt to run for a two-year-term or a four-year-term seat. Subsequent to the election of November, 2003, all elections for the Town Council shall be for four-year terms. If a member cannot fully serve his or her term, the remaining Council members shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy and that person shall serve until the next biennial election.
(Ord. passed 7-1-1999; Ord. 03-001, passed 4-8-2003)