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Section 2. 3. Council Composition and Election. <br /> 2.3. 1. Mayor and Council. The council shall be composed of the mayor, <br /> elected at-large, two councilmembers elected at-large, and four <br /> councilmembers, each of whom shall be elected from a separate district as <br /> established or amended pursuant to this charter. <br /> The mayor and councilmembers shall be qualifed electors. <br /> The councilmembers elected from a district must be a resident of that <br /> district and removal from that district shall cause a vacancy in the office <br /> of councilmember from that district. <br /> Except as hereinafter provided, five councilmembers shall serve for a term of <br /> four years and until a successor is elected and qualifies and one <br /> councilmember elected at-large shall serve for a term of two years and until <br /> a successor is elected and qualifies. <br /> The mayor shall serve for a term of four years and until a successor is <br /> elected and qualifies. <br /> The elections for the mayor and councilmembers shall be held as provided in <br /> Subsections 2.3.3. and 2.3.4. hereof. <br /> 2.3.2. Districts. The city shall be divided into four separate districts. <br /> The boundaries of such districts shall be determined by ordinance based upon <br /> population as determined by the most recent federal decennial census. <br /> An ordinance designating the boundaries of the City' s election districts <br /> shall be enacted within forty-five days after the state legislature has been <br /> redistricted or by May 10 in the year ending in two, whichever comes first. <br /> The district boundaries shall be such that the number of persons in the most <br /> populous of the four districts does not exceed by more than five percent the <br /> number of persons in the least populous of the four districts at the time of <br /> redistricting. <br /> The district boundaries shall be formed by the centerlines of an east-west <br /> street and north-south street, and those centerlines extended. <br /> Such street centerlines shall be nearest to imaginary east-west and north- <br /> south lines which divide the population of the city into north-south and <br /> east-west halves. <br /> The centerline running east-west and dividing the population into a north and <br /> south half shall be determined first and shall be continuous. <br /> The centerlines dividing the population into east and west quarters shall be <br /> determined subsequently, and need not be continuous. <br /> The districts shall be known as: <br /> District Number 1 shall be the southeast quadrant of the city, as determined <br /> herein. <br /> District Number 2 shall be the southwest quadrant of the city, as determined <br /> herein. <br /> (c) District Number 3 shall be the northwest quadrant of the city, as <br /> determined herein. <br /> (d) District Number 4 shall be the northeast quadrant of the city, as <br /> determined herein. <br /> 2.3.3. Terms of Office. At the 2002 city election, there shall be elected <br /> one councilmember each from Districts 1, 2 and 3 who shall serve four year <br /> terms, and one councilmember at-large who shall serve a two year term. <br /> At the 2004 city election, there shall be elected one councilmember from <br /> District 4 who shall serve a four year term, one councilmember at-large who <br /> shall serve a two year term, one councilmember who shall serve a four year <br /> term, and the mayor who shall serve a four year term. <br /> Thereafter, and except as provided in Subsection 2.3.4 . hereof, there shall <br /> be biennial city elections at which the majority of the City Council shall <br />