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EXHIBIT A WARDS Section 2.3. Council Composition and Election. 2.3.1. Mayor and Council. The council shall be composed of the mayor, elected at- large, two councilmembers elected at-large, and four councilmembers, each of whom shall be elected from a separate Ward as established or amended pursuant to this charter. The mayor and councilmembers shall be qualifed electors. Each councilmember elected from a ward shall be a resident of the Ward, but a change in Ward boundaries does not disqualify a councilmember from serving the remainder of a term. Except as hereinafter provided, councilmembers shall serve for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and qualifies. The mayor shall serve for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and qualifies. The elections for the mayor and councilmembers shall be held as provided in Subsection 2.3.3. 2.3.2. Wards. The city shall be divided into four separate Wards. The boundaries of such Wards shall be determined by ordinance based upon population as determined by the most recent federal decennial census and shall be as equal in population as practicable and each Ward shall be composed of compact, contiguous territory. An ordinance designating the boundaries of the City's election Wards shall be enacted within sixty days after the state legislature has been redistricted or by May 10 in the year ending in two, whichever comes first. The Wards shall be designated as ward numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. 2.3.3. Transition Schedule. 2.3.3.4. For the 2002 City wide election only: (1) Councilmembers elected in the year 2000 shall be assigned to the Ward in which he/she resides. (2) Councilmembers from Ward Numbers 1 and 3 shall be elected. (3) Two at-large councilmembers shall be elected, with the candidate receiving the highest number of votes serving a four year term and the candidate receiving the second highest number of votes serving a two year term. 2.3.3.5. For the 2004 City wide election only: (1) Councilmembers from Ward Numbers 2 and 4 shall be elected. (2) One at-large councilmember shall be elected to serve a four year term. (3) A mayor shall be elected. 2.3.3.6. Thereafter and commencing with the City wide election in 2006, there shall be biennial City wide elections with councilmembers from Ward Numbers 1 and 3 and an at-large councilmember elected, and at the next City wide election councilmembers from Ward Numbers 2 and 4, an at-large councilmember and a mayor shall be elected.