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Section <br /> <br /> WARDS <br />(Requiring Council majority to be elected every two years) <br /> <br />2.3. Council Composition and Election. <br /> <br />2.3.1. Mayor and Council. The council shall be composed of the mayor, elected at-large, two <br />councilmembers elected at-large, and four councilmembers, each of whom shall be elected from a separate <br />Ward as established or amended pursuant to this charter. The mayor and councilmembers shall be qualified <br />electors. Each councilmember elected from a ward shall be a resident of the Ward, but a change in Ward <br />boundaries does not disqualify a councilmember from serving the remainder of a term. Except as hereinafter <br />provided, councilmembers shall serve for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and qualifies. <br />Except as hereinafter provided, the mayor shall serve for a term of two years and until a successor is elected <br />and qualifies. The elections for the mayor and councilmembers -shall be held as provided in Subsection 2.3.3. <br />2.3.2. Wards. The city shall be divided into four separate Wards. <br />The bounder/es of such Wards shall be determined by ordinance based upon population as determined by the <br />most recent federal decennial census and shall be as equal in population as practicable and each Ward shall be <br />composed of compact, contiguous territory. <br />An ordinance designating the bounder/es of the City's. election Wards shall be enacted within sixty days after <br />the state legislature has been redistricted or by May 10 in the year ending in two, whichever comes first. The <br />Wards shall be designated as ward numbers l, 2, 3 and 4. <br /> <br />2.3.3. Transition Schedule. <br /> <br />2.3.3.1. For the 2002 City wide election only: <br />(1) Four Council members shall be elected at large, w}th the candidates receiving the highest number of votes <br />serving four year terms and the candidate receiving the least number of votes serving a two year term. <br />(2) The Mayor shall complete the term for which he was elected in the year 2000. <br />(3) Following the designation of wards, Council members living in a ward and wishing to serve as the prec/nct <br />liaison to the precincts within that ward shall be given £zrst preference. If there are two or more <br />Councilmembers wishing to serve as precinct liaison to the same precinct(s) a random selection will be made <br />under the direction of the city attorney. <br /> <br />2.3.3.2 For the 2004 City wide election only: <br />(1) A mayor shall be elected to serve a two year term. <br />(2) Couneilmembers fi'om Ward Numbers 2 and 4 shall be elected. <br />(3) One at-large councilmember shall be elected to serve a four year term. <br /> <br />2.3.3.3. For the 2006City wide election only: <br />(1) A mayor shall be elected to serve a two year term. <br />(2) Councilmembers from Ward Numbers I and 3 shall be elected. <br />(3) One at-large councilmember shall be elected to serve a four year term.' <br /> <br />2.3.3.4 Thereafter and commencing with the City wide election in 2008, there shall be biennial City wide <br />elections with a Mayor, councilmembers from Ward Numbers 2 and 4 and an at-large councilmember elected, <br />and at the next City. wide election a Mayor, cmmcilmembers from Ward Numbers 1 and 3, and an at-large <br />councilmember shall be elected. <br /> <br /> <br />