Sec. 4-1. - Transition.

This section provides for a transition from the seven-member council elected at-large to the nine-member council provided by this charter, and maintains the current practice of staggered terms for members of council. Notwithstanding Sec. 3 of this charter, council shall be composed of seven members elected at-large until the first day of January in 2024. Notwithstanding Sec. 4 of this charter, the terms of all council members elected or appointed prior to the 2023 general election shall end on the first day of January in 2024. At the primary election in 2023, candidates for council shall be nominated from nine districts by the electors of the city, and at the general election in 2023, nine council members shall be elected from nine districts by the electors of the city. At the first meeting of council in 2024, the city clerk shall divide the council districts into two classes by drawing lots. Lot A shall consist of five districts and the members from those districts shall serve a four year term. Lot B shall consist of four districts and the members from those districts shall serve a two year term, and candidates for those districts shall stand for election to a four year term in 2025, marking the end of the transition period.

(Ord. No. 0650-2018, § 2, 3-5-2018)