CHAPTER III
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Sections:
Section 6. DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
Section 11. APPOINTIVE OFFICES.
Section 12. QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS.
Section 6. DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
Except as this charter provides otherwise and as the Oregon Constitution reserves municipal legislative power to the voters of the city, all powers of the city are vested in the council.
Section 7. COUNCIL.
The council shall be composed of five councilors elected from the city at large.
Section 8. COUNCILORS.
The term of office of a councilor in office when this charter is adopted is the term of office for which the councilor has been elected before adoption of the charter (or is elected at the time of the adoption). At each general election after the adoption, three councilors shall be elected. Of the three, the two receiving the two highest numbers of votes shall each hold office for four years, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold office for two years. At each subsequent biennial general election, three councilors shall be elected. Of the three, the two receiving the two highest numbers of votes shall each hold office for four years, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold office for two years.
Section 9. MAYOR.
The term of office of the mayor in office when this charter is adopted continues until the beginning of the first odd-numbered year after that time. At the first meeting of the Council in each odd-numbered year beginning with the first odd-numbered year after the adoption of this Charter, Council shall elect one of its members to serve as mayor for a term of two years.
Section 10. TERMS OF OFFICE.
The term of office of an elective officer who is elected at a general election begins at the first council meeting of the year immediately after the election and continues until the successor to the office assumes the office.
Section 11. APPOINTIVE OFFICES.
A majority of the council may:
(1) Create, abolish, or combine appointive city offices, and
(2) Fill such offices by appointment and vacate them by removal.
Section 12. QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS.
No person shall be eligible for an elective office of the city unless they reside in the city limits and is a qualified elector within the meaning of the state constitution and has resided in the city during the twelve months immediately preceding the election. The council shall be final judge of the qualifications and election of its own members, subject, however, to review by a court of competent jurisdiction.