35-00 Proposed Second Amended Charter

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SECTION 2. QUALIFICATIONS AND VACANCIES. Each member of Council shall have been for at least one (1) year immediately prior to the date of taking office both a resident and qualified elector of the City. Each member of Council elected from a ward of the City shall be a resident of the ward from which such member was elected. All members of Council shall continue to be residents and qualified electors of the City and, if elected or appointed fi'om a ward, shall be and continue to be a resident of that ward. Any member who ceases to possess such qualifications shall forthwith forfeit his or her office. Vacancies in Council shall be filled by the remaining members thereof, provided that in the event Council does not so appoint a successor within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of a vacancy, the Mayor may fill the vac. ancy. Such appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term of the member in whose office the vacancy occurs or until his or her successor is elected and qualified. A successor shall be elected at the next regular municipal election, provided that such vacancy occurs more than two years and one hundred five days. (2 years and 105 days) prior to the date of such election. Any vacancy that results from a recall election shall be filled in the manner provided by Article XXII of this Charter. SECTION 3. SALARIES. The salaries of the members of Council shall be established by ordinance, provided that such ordinance must be adopted not less than thirty (30) days prior to the final date fixed by law for the filing of nomination petitions by candidates for the office of member of Council of the City for the next succeeding term, and subject to further provisions of this Charter.. That salary shall not be increased or decreased during such term and shall not take effect with respect to any member of Council during the term for which such member is elected. 6