§ 2.03. Elective Officers.

The Council is composed of a Mayor and four Council Members, all of whom must be registered voters. The offices of Mayor and at-large Council Member must be filled by election at large. The offices of the three district Council Members must be elected from apportioned Council districts in which they reside. The Mayor and the Council Members shall each be elected to a four-year term with Mayor and the Council Member at-large in 1994 and each succeeding four years and the district Council Members elected in 1992 and each succeeding four years. The regular term of an office commences at the first regular or special council meeting in January next following the general election at which balloting for the full term of office occurs, and office holders must serve until their successors are elected and qualified. A candidate for the office of district Council Member must reside while seeking election and while serving in office within the district from which he or she is elected. Within two years after each United States Census the City Council shall by ordinance establish compact and contiguous districts to be apportioned by population as nearly equal as practicable. The three Districts shall be Eastern, Central and Western Richfield with dividing lines generally north and south.

(Amended, Bill 1992-10; Bill No. 2003-20)