• The Mayor, after serving two (2) consecutive elected terms in the office of Mayor, shall be ineligible to seek that office through election until one (1) full term has intervened.
• A City Commissioner, after having served two (2) consecutive elective terms in the office of City Commissioner, shall be ineligible to seek that office through election until one (1) full term has intervened.
• The Municipal Judge, after having served two (2) consecutive elected terms in the office of Municipal Judge, shall be ineligible to seek that office through election until one (1) full term has intervened.
• An appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of Mayor, Municipal Judge, or City Commissioner shall not be counted under subsections A, B, and C of this section and shall not prevent the appointee from:
• Seeking election to that same office for two (2) additional subsequent consecutive terms;
• Being appointed to fill the same office after holding that office for the two (2) immediate proceeding terms.
• No term of elected City office prior to the regular scheduled elected of March, 1996, shall count toward any term limitation imposed herein. (Added by vote, March 1, 1994.)

1. Pass all ordinances and other measures conducive to the health, safety and welfare of the City;
2. Carry out the provisions of this Charter;
3. Perform all acts required for the general welfare of the City;
4. Create all offices and departments necessary for proper carrying on of the work of the City; and
5. Appoint a City Manager and hold him responsible for the proper and efficient administration of City Government.

1. Shall preside at all meetings of the Commission and perform other duties, consistent with his/her office, as imposed by the Commission;
2. Is the official head of the City for all ceremonial purposes and for all military purposes; and
3. Has the right to vote only in the event of a tie vote of the commission.

1. Enforce and carry out all ordinances, rules and regulations adopted by the Commission;
2. Employ and discharge employees of the City;
3. Prepare and submit an annual budget to the City Commission;
4. Make recommendations to the City Commission concerning the welfare of the City; and
5. Be the person, or his designated agent, for the purpose of civil process.

• A recall election shall be instituted by a petition seeking the recall of an elective officer, filed with the City Clerk in compliance with this Article. The petition shall:
• In the event of a proposed recall of an elective office elected from the City at large, be signed by registered voters in a number more than twenty percent of the number of voters who voted at the previous regular municipal election, or
• In the event of a proposed recall of an elected official elected from a district be signed by registered voters of that district in a number more than twenty percent of the number of voters who voted at the previous regular municipal election in that district.
• Upon receipt of a recall petition which complies with this Article, the City Commission shall call a special recall election within sixty days, unless the regular municipal election occurs within sixty days, in which case the qualified electors shall vote on the recall at the regular election. Registered voters shall be eligible to vote in the recall election either at large, or by district, depending upon the manner of selection of the elective official to who the recall petition is directed.
• If a majority of the votes cast at the recall election favor recall, the office in question is declared vacant. If an officer is recalled, he shall not be eligible for reelection until the term for which he was originally elected has expired. If the recall election results in a failure to secure the votes necessary to recall, the officer in question shall not be subject again to recall until six months have elapsed from the date the previous recall election was held.
• A recall created by a recall election shall be filled in the same manner as other vacancies on the City Commission are filled. If all Commissioners are recalled at the same election, the Municipal Clerk, or if there is no Municipal Clerk, the District Court, shall within three days call an election as provided in this Charter for the election of seven Commissioners.

• If within thirty days following the adoption of an ordinance, a petition signed by registered voters in a number more than twenty percent of the number of voters who voted at the previous regular municipal election is presented to the Commission, asking that the ordinance in question be submitted to a special election for its adoption or rejection, the ordinance shall become ineffective and the Commission shall provide for an election on the measure within sixty days of the filing of the petition.
• The ballot shall contain the text of the ordinance in question. Below the text shall be phrases;
  
  "For the above measure," and
  "Against the above measure,"
  
  
  Followed by spaces for marking with a cross the phrase desired. If a majority of the votes cast favor the measure, it shall take effect immediately. If a majority of the votes cast are against the measure, it shall not take effect.
  
  
• If an ordinance is an emergency measure, it shall go into effect immediately, but it may be repealed by an adverse majority at a referendum election.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST--ETHICS

Section 9-1 Definitions.

The following definition's shall be applicable when the following defined terms are used in this section:

1. "Elected Official" means any City Commissioner or Mayor elected to that position or appointed to fulfill a vacancy pursuant to Section 4-5.
2. "Financial Interest" means an interest held by a person, that person's spouse, or minor children, which is an ownership interested in a business, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, or organization.
3. "Controlling Interest" means an interest which is greater than fifty percent (50%) and shall include aggregate interest of a person, that person's spouse, or minor children. (Added by vote, March 1, 1994.)

Section 9-2 Disclosure and Voting. Any elected official having a financial interest or possible financial interest in the outcome of any policy, decision, or determination before the governing body shall, within a reasonable time after such interest becomes apparent and in no case later than at the time of the taking of the vote on an issue in which he has a financial interest or possible financial interest, disclose to each of the other members of the governing body the nature of the financial interest or possible financial interest and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. Disclosure of financial interest or possible financial interest shall not disqualify the elected official from voting on the issue unless a majority of the remaining members determine that the elected official should not in propriety vote on the issue, or the elected official having a financial interest or possible financial interest voluntarily disqualifies himself. (Added by vote, March 1, 1994.)

Section 9-3 Contracts. The City shall not enter into any purchase, procurement, or contract involving services or property of a value in excess of five thousand and no/100 dollars ($5,000), exclusive of applicable taxes, on in the event of more than one purchase procurement, or contract which for the fiscal year will in the aggregate exceed the total sum of five thousand and no/100 dollars ($5,000) with any business in which an elected official has a controlling interest. Any purchase, procurement, or contract entered into by the City with a business in violation of this section is void. (Added by vote, March 1, 1994.)