A. Qualifications For All Candidates:
1. A candidate must be a registered voter who has resided within the city for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the general election.
a. In case of an annexation, any person who has resided within the territory annexed for the prescribed twelve (12) month period is deemed to meet the residence requirement for candidacy.
2. Candidates to be voted for at all municipal elections in the city shall be elected in an election administered consistent with Utah Code Ann. title 20A, chapter 5, with amendments and modifications as are appropriate for a municipal election.
B. Qualifications For Mayor: There are no additional qualifications for mayor other than the requirements listed in subsection A.
C. Qualifications For City Council:
1. Election To Council Seats:
a. Three (3) city council members shall be elected in a city wide at-large election. All registered voters residing in the city may vote for at-large city council candidates. The at-large council members must be qualified electors residing in the city. The three (3) at-large council member seats shall be filled by the three (3) candidates receiving the highest, second highest, and third highest number of votes in the election in which all candidates are running against all other candidates for the at large seats.
b. Four (4) city council members shall be elected from council districts that are substantially equal in population. To vote for a "districted" council candidate, a registered voter must be a resident of the council district for which the candidate is running. To be elected from a council district, the candidate must be a qualified elector residing in the council district for which they are running at the time of declaration of candidacy and through the completion of the elected term. If the candidate for a districted council seat ceases to be a qualified elector residing in council district he is running for before the primary or general election, the city recorder shall inform the appropriate election official that the candidate has been disqualified. The election official shall thereafter: (i) remove the candidate's name from the ballot if practicable by blacking out the candidate's name before the ballots are delivered to voters or (ii) if removing the candidates name is not possible, inform the voters by any practicable method that the candidate has been disqualified and that votes cast for the candidate will not be counted, and (iii) not count any votes for the disqualified candidate.
c. A candidate's name may not appear on the ballot for more than one City elected office in the same election.
D. Time Of Elections:
1. The three (3) at-large council seats shall be elected for four (4) year terms of office during the regular municipal election in November 2021, and each fourth year thereafter.
2. The four (4) districted council seats and the mayor shall be elected for four (4) year terms of office during the regular municipal election in November 2019, and each fourth year thereafter.
E. Council District Boundaries:
1. The boundaries of the council districts shall be adopted by resolution in a city council meeting.
2. Within six (6) months after the Legislature completes its decennial redistricting process, or when otherwise required by Utah Code, the city recorder shall submit for city council approval council district boundaries to be realigned, if necessary.
a. The city council shall designate, by resolution, council districts that are substantially equal in population for the districted council members to be elected from.
b. The boundaries of the council districts shall not be changed frivolously or arbitrarily, but only for the purpose of assuring that the council districts are contiguous, compact, and substantially equal in population.
F. Term Of Office: The mayor and members of the city council, unless otherwise set forth by law, shall begin their terms of office at 12 noon on the first Monday in January following their election.
G. Primary Election: If the number of candidates for a specific elected office exceeds twice the number of individuals needed to fill the office, the city will hold a Primary Election in accordance with Utah Code Ann. section 20A-9-404 to reduce the candidate field for the General Election to two (2) times the number of individuals needed to fill the elected office. The candidates with the highest vote totals shall move forward to the General Election. If there are fewer than two (2) times the number of candidates for a specific elected office, a Primary Election shall not be held for that elected office. (Ord. 20-44, 12-2-2020; amd. Ord. 21-44, 11-16-2021; Ord. 23-13, 3-8-2023)