(A) Appointment. The City Council shall, prior to each election, appoint three capable and discreet persons, possessing the qualifications of electors, as election officers. Two of such persons shall be designated as Judges of Election and one of such persons as Clerk of Election.
(B) Term of office. Such officials shall hold office for the period of two years and shall be the officials of all elections, both general and special, during that period.
(C) Notice of appointment. The City Clerk shall give such appointees notice of their appointment and shall request each appointee to give notice of his or her acceptance or declination of his or her appointment to the City Clerk within ten days thereafter.
(D) Vacancies. Any vacancies arising in the office of election officials shall be filled by the City Council at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose. If such vacancy does not become apparent until the time for the opening of the polls, the duly-appointed election officers present may fill such vacancies from any electors present.
(E) Compensation. The compensation of Judges and Clerks of Election shall be the then-current amount for minimum wage for the period from the opening to the closing of the polls through election service after the closing of the polls and counting of the ballots.
(Prior Code, § 1-8-1)