65A - SUBMISSION TO VOTERS CHARTER CHANGES OFFICE OF MAYOR

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OPTION 3 - EXHIBIT C Sec. 400. - Number, selection and terms of members. The City Council shall consist of seven (7) members elected at the times and in the manner provided in this charter, each of whom , Gept for the r»ayor, shall serve a term of four (4) years. The term of each member shall begin at 6:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of December following certification of election results, and each shall serve except as otherwise provided for in this charter, until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Each office of councilmember shall be a separate office. Six 6 of the seven 7 councilmembers shall be assigned to each of the wards of the City. The one (1) remaining councilmember shall be designated as an "at-large" councilmember and not assigned to any ward Candidates for each office of councilmember other than the mayer-at-large councilmember shall be nominated from such ward by the electors of such ward City, be RGMiRated by e!eGtGFr-, of the but all councilmembers shall be elected by the vote of the electors of the City at large. Sec. 401. - Qualifications of members. To be eligible to be elected to the office of councilmember, a person must be a qualified voter and a thirty (30) day resident of the ward from which the candidate is nominated at the time nomination papers are issued as provided for in the Elections Code of the State of California, except that the ye at-large councilmember need only be a registered voter and thirty (30) day resident of the city at such time. In the event any councilmember other than the-mayef the at-large councilmember shall cease to be a resident of the ward from which the councilmember (or, in the case of an appointee, the councilmember's predecessor) was elected, or in the event the Ayer at-large councilmember shall cease to be a resident of the city, the office shall immediately become vacant and shall be filled in the same manner as herein provided for other vacancies; provided, that where a councilmember ceases to be a resident of the ward from which the councilmember (or, in case of an appointee, the councilmember's predecessor) was elected solely because of a change in boundaries of any ward as in this charter provided, the councilmember shall not lose the office by reason of such change. If a member of the city council shall be convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, the office shall immediately become vacant and be so declared by the city council. A peFSGR All councilmembers who halve served three (3) consecutive terms of four (4) years each, regardless of holding office as a ward or at-large councilmember, shall be eligible for appointment, nomination for or election to the office of councilmember no sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) years after completion of that councilmember's third consecutive full term. 65A-11