(a) Number and Selection. The Council shall consist of seven (7) members, four (4) of whom shall be elected by wards, one (1) from each ward of the City, and three (3) of whom shall be elected by the electors of the City at large.
(b) Term. Members of Council shall serve for four (4) year overlapping terms as herein provided. Councilmen at Large shall be elected for four (4) year terms beginning with the general election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 1963. Present Council members whose terms will expire on the third Monday in November, 1963, shall serve as Councilmen at Large until their successors are elected and qualified. Councilmen from wards shall be elected for four (4) year terms beginning with the general election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 1961, and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
(c) Wards. Within ninety (90) days after the effective date of the amendment to this section, and thereafter within ninety (90) days after the first day of October of the year following the decennial census year, the Council shall redivide the City into four wards. Wards so formed shall be as nearly equal in population as may be composed of contiguous and compact territory, and bounded by natural boundaries or street lines. When any territory is annexed to the City, the Council shall by ordinance declare it a part of the adjacent ward or wards.
(Amended June 2, l992)