§ 2-01. Composition, qualifications and elections.

A.

The legislative power of the City shall be vested in a city council consisting of seven members elected as follows:

Six members shall be elected from districts enumerated in section 8.01, Council districts, one from and by the qualified electors in each district.

One member shall be elected as large by all the qualified electors of the City.

B.

A member of the council shall be elected for a four-year term concurrent with that of the mayor and shall be eligible for reelection. A person who has served as a member of the council for two full consecutive terms, whether before or after the effective date of this Charter, shall not be eligible for election to the same office for the succeeding term. Nothing herein shall prohibit an at-large member from seeking a district seat or a district council member from seeking an at-large seat.

C.

A council member shall be at least 18 years of age and a qualified elector of the municipality and where applicable, in their respective districts during the term of office.

D.

A council member shall have been legally domiciled and shall have actually resided within the City for at least one year and, where applicable, within the district from which elected, for at least one year immediately preceding the time established by law for qualifying for office. A council member shall continue to be legally domiciled and to actually reside within the City limits and, if elected from a district, shall continue to be legally domiciled and to actually reside within the district during the term of office. If a council member changes his legal domicile and/or actual residence from the City, or from the district from which elected, the office shall become vacant, which vacancy shall be filled, in accordance with the election laws of this state and as set out hereinafter.

E.

Elections shall be held in accordance with the election laws of the state.