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candidate receiving the second highest number of votes serving a two-year <br />term. <br /> <br />2.3.3.2 <br />For the 2004 Citywide election only: <br />(1) Councilmembers from Ward Numbers 2 and 4 shall be elected. <br />(2) One at-large councilmember shall be elected to serve a four-year term. <br />(3) A mayor shall be elected. <br /> <br />2.3.3.3 <br /> Thereafter and commencing with the City wide election in 2006, there <br />shall be biennial City wide elections with councilmembers from Ward Numbers 1 <br />and 3 and an at-large councilmember elected, and at the next City wide election <br />councilmembers from Ward Numbers 2 and 4, an at-large councilmember and a <br /> <br />mayor shall be elected. <br /> <br />Section 2.4 Incompatible Offices. <br /> No member of the council shall hold any paid municipal <br />office or employment through the city other than that to which elected. Further, until one year <br />after the expiration of his/her term, no mayor or councilmember shall be appointed or employed <br />by the city in a compensated position which was created, or the compensation for which was <br />increased, during his/her term as mayor or councilmember. <br /> <br />Section 2.5 Vacancies. <br /> A vacancy in the council, whether it be in the office of mayor or <br />councilmember, shall be deemed to exist in the case of the failure of any person elected thereto <br />to qualify, or by reason of the death, resignation in writing filed with the city clerk, removal from <br />office, non-residence in the city, conviction of a felony of any such person after his/her election, <br />or by reason of the failure of any councilmember without good cause to attend council meetings <br />for a period of three consecutive months. In each such case, the council shall publicly declare by <br />resolution, the vacancy to exist within fifteen (15) days of its occurrence and such vacancy shall <br />be filled according to the provisions of Section 4.5. <br /> <br />Section 2.6 The Mayor’s Powers and Duties. <br /> <br /> <br />2.6.1 <br /> The mayor shall preside at meetings of the council and shall have a vote as a <br />member. The mayor shall be recognized as the head of the city government for all <br />ceremonial purposes, by the courts for serving civil process, and by the governor for <br />purposes of martial law, but shall have no administrative duties. <br /> <br />2.6.2 <br /> Consistent with the responsibility to accept considerable leadership over the <br />general conduct of city affairs, the mayor shall study the operations of the city <br />government and recommend desirable changes and improvements to the council. The <br />mayor shall also deliver messages to the council and the public, including a <br />comprehensive message on the state of the city, as soon as practicable after the beginning <br />of each year of his/her term of office. <br /> <br />2.6.3 <br />At the first meeting of each year the council shall choose an acting mayor from <br />the councilmembers. He/she shall perform the duties of mayor during the disability or <br />absence of the mayor, or, in the case of vacancy in the office of mayor, until a successor <br />has been appointed and qualifies. <br /> 3 <br /> <br />