§ 2.01. Composition and terms of office.

(a)

Composition. The council shall be composed of a mayor and seven (7) council members. The mayor and all council members shall be elected from the city at large, and each council member shall occupy a position on the council, such positions being numbered one (1) through seven (7) consecutively. The mayor will not be designated as a numbered position on the ballot but shall be designated as "MAYOR."

(b)

Terms of office. At the first general election held under this charter, and each three (3) years thereafter, the mayor and two (2) council members shall be elected, with the mayor filling the office of mayor and the two (2) council members filling the office of numbered positions one (1) and two (2). The following year, and each three (3) years thereafter, three (3) council members shall be elected, to fill the office of numbered positions three (3), four (4) and five (5). The following year, and each three (3) years thereafter, two (2) council members shall be elected to fill the office of numbered positions six (6) and seven (7). A council member, unless sooner removed from office under the provisions of this charter, shall serve for a term of three (3) years, and shall serve not more than two (2) terms in succession in the office to which elected. Section 2.07(c) also applies.