Pursuant to G.S. §§ 160A-101 and 160A-102, the Charter of the Town of Zebulon as set forth in Chapter 386 of the 1973 Session Laws of North Carolina, as amended, is hereby further amended to provide that the members of the Town Board of Commissioners shall hereafter be elected for four-year terms on a staggered basis as follows: at the regular municipal election to be held in 1977, the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall be elected for four-year terms, while the three candidates who receive the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two-year terms. Beginning at the regular municipal election to be held in 1979, and every four years thereafter, three members of the Board of Commissioners shall be elected to serve for four-year terms. Beginning at the regular municipal election to be held in 1981, and every four years thereafter two members of the Board of Commissioners shall be elected to serve for four-year terms. Beginning at the regular municipal election to be held in 1977 and every four years thereafter the Mayor of the Town of Zebulon shall be elected for a four-year term.
In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner, the board shall, by a plurality vote, appoint some qualified person to fill the vacancy until the next general election, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve only until an elected successor takes office. The seats will be filled as follows from the votes cast at the election: the seats would be filled by plurality and the seats that would normally be up for election shall be filled first based on the highest numbers of votes equal to the number of seats to be filled for full terms and the unexpired term shall be based on the next highest number of votes.
(This section changed by a vote of the legislature.)
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. passed 2-7-77; Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-5-2004)