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I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />W~d~S <br /> <br />Section 2.3. Council Composition and Election. <br /> <br />1. 2.3.1. Mayor and Council. The council shall be composed of the mayor, elected at-large, <br /> two councilmembers elected at-large, and four councilmembers, each of whom shall be <br /> elected fi.om a separate Ward as established or amended pursuant to this charter. <br />2. The mayor and councilmembers shall be qualifed electors.' <br />3. Each councilmember elected for a ward shall be a resident of the Ward, but a change in Ward <br /> boundaries does not disqualify a councilmember fi.om serving the remainder of a tenn. <br /> Except as hereinafter provided, councilmembers shall serve for a term of four years and until <br /> a successor is elected and qualifies. <br /> The mayor shall serve for. a term of four years and until a succeSgor'is elected and qualifies. <br /> The elections for the mayor and councilmembers shall be held as provided in Subsection <br /> 2.3.3. <br /> 2.3.2. Wards. The city shall be divided into four separate Wards. <br /> The boundaries of such Wards shall be determined by ordinance based upon population as <br /> determined by the most recent federal decennial census and shall be as equal in population <br /> as practicable and each Ward shall be composed of compact, contiguous territory. <br /> An ordinance designating the boundaries of the City's election Wards shall be enacted <br /> within sixty days after the state legislature has been redistricted or by May 10 in the year <br /> ending in two, whichever comes first. <br /> The Wards shall be designated as ward numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. <br /> 2.3.3. Transition Schedule. <br /> 2.3.3.4. For the 2002 City wide election onl,y: <br /> (1) Councilmembers elected in the year 200~) shall be assigned to the Ward in which <br /> he/she resides. <br /> (2) Councilmembers from Ward Numbers 1 and 3 shall be elected. <br /> (3) Two at-large councilmembers shall be elected, with the candidate receiving the <br /> lfighest number of votes serving a four year term and the candidate receiving the <br /> second highest number of votes serving a two year term. <br /> 2.3.3.5. For the 2004 City wide election only: <br /> (1) Councilmembers from Ward Numbers 2 and 4 shall be elected. <br /> (2) One at-large councih'nember shall be elected to serve a four year term. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />11. <br /> <br />12. <br /> <br />13. <br /> <br />14. <br /> <br />15. <br /> <br />16. <br /> <br />17. <br /> <br />18. <br /> <br />,85 <br /> <br /> <br />