The City Council (throughout this Charter “the Council”) shall be composed of a Mayor and six Councillors (except for the City transition period to hold elections on even numbered years).
All members of the Council shall be elected for terms of four years by and from the electors of the City-at-large. All members of the Council shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualifies.
Terms of the Councillors shall be overlapping with three Councillors elected at each election. The Council shall be judges of election returns. During the transition period from 2009 through 2012 the elections shall be as follows:
In 2009, three Council members shall be elected to three-year terms and four-year terms thereafter;
In 2011, the Mayor and three Council members shall be elected to three-year terms until 2014 and four-year terms thereafter.
(Amended 3-10-2009)