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EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />Section 2.3. <br />1. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />11. <br /> <br />12. <br /> <br />13. <br /> <br />14. <br /> <br />15. <br /> <br />16. <br /> <br /> WARDS <br /> <br /> Council Composition and Election. <br /> <br />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 from a separate Ward as established or amended pursuant to this charter. <br /> The mayor and councilmembers shall be qualifed electors, <br /> <br />Each councilmember elected for a ward shall be a resident of the Ward, but a change in Ward <br /> <br />boundaries does not disqualify a councilmember from serving the remainder of a term. <br />Except as hereinafter provided, councilmembers shall serve for a term of four years and until <br /> <br /> a successor is elected and qualifies. <br /> <br />The mayor shall serve for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and qualifies. <br /> <br />The elections for the mayor and councilmembers shall be held as provided in Subsection <br /> 2.3.3. <br /> <br /> 2.3.2. Wards. The city shall be divided into four separate Wards. <br /> <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 /> <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, which, ever comes first. <br /> <br /> The Wards shall be designated as ward numbers 1, 2, 3, and4. <br /> <br /> 2.3.3. Transition Schedule. <br /> <br /> 2.3,3.4. For the 2002 City wide election only: <br /> <br /> (1) Councilmembers elected in the year 2000 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 /> <br /> (3) Two at-large councilmembers shall be elected, with the candidate receiving the <br /> highest 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 /> <br /> ilRA_FSllVOLllusers[City Shared F,'leblGENDA COUNCIL & COMM1S$IO3ACiIy Council[200 llSeptemberlEXttlBITA 091 lOl.doc <br /> <br />-226- <br /> <br />! <br />! <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />! <br />I <br />! <br /> <br /> <br />