65A - SUBMISSION TO VOTERS CHARTER CHANGES OFFICE OF MAYOR

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Short or partial terms shall not be considered in determining eligibility for appointment, nomination or election. For purposes of this Charter, short or partial terms shall only be those where the councilmember was elected or appointed to replace another councilmember who left office before the latter official's term expired. Any councilmember who assumed office at the beginning of a term and left office early for any reason whatsoever shall be deemed to have served a full term. Sec. 401.1. - Order of filling offices. The offices of councilmember from wards one, three, and five shall be filled at the general municipal election held in 1988, and the offices of councilmember from wards two, four and six shall be filled at the general municipal election held in 1990. Thereafter, the offices of councilmember from wards one, three and five and from wards, two, four and six shall be filled alternately at the general municipal elections held in the years in which the terms of such offices respectively expire. The office of the at-large councilmember shall be filled at the general municipal election held in 2014, and thereafter be filled every four years thereafter along with the offices of councilmembers from wards two, four and six. The candidate elected from each ward at each such election shall be the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast for any candidate from said ward. The candidate elected "at-large" shall be the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast for any candidate designated as the "at-large" councilmember. Sec. 402. - Compensation of members. Each member of the City Council shall receive as compensation for his or her services as such a monthly salary in the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00). The member elected appointed to fill the office of mayor shall receive the additional amount of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each month said member shall fill the office of mayor. Further, each member of the City Council shall receive reimbursement for required travel and other expenses while on official business of the City as authorized and approved by the City Council. Absence of a member of the City Council from all regular and special meetings of the City Council during any calendar month shall render him or her ineligible to receive the monthly salary for such a calendar month unless by permission of the City Council expressed in its official minutes. 65A-12