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2.04.010 23 (Pleasanton Supp. No. 29, 1-23) Chapter 2.04 CITY COUNCIL Sections: 2.04.010 Meetings. 2.04.015 Term of office. 2.04.020 Salaries. 2.04.030 City council vacancies. 2.04.040 District based electoral system. 2.04.050 Districts. 2.04.060 Election schedule. 2.04.010 Meetings. The city council shall by resolution establish the times and dates of its regular meetings. Except when otherwise designated by the city council, the place of such regular meetings shall be the council chambers of the city. (Ord. 1222 § 5, 1985; prior code § 1-2.01) 2.04.015 Term of office. A. The city council shall meet on the first Tuesday after it receives from the registrar of voters or from the city clerk a certified statement of the results of an election for city council and mayor. A special meet- ing may be called for that purpose. At that meeting the city council shall canvass the election returns, declare elected the persons having the highest number of votes and install the newly elected officers. B. Each such council member shall hold office for a term of four years from and after the date and time at which he or she was declared elected and was in- stalled and shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The mayor shall hold office for a term of two years from and after the date and time at which the mayor was declared elected and was installed and shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The mayor and members of council serv- ing upon the adoption hereof shall continue to serve for the terms to which they were elected. C. A council member (other than mayor) shall serve no more than two consecutive terms and a person who has been appointed or elected to council for more than two years shall serve no more than one additional term. D. A mayor shall serve no more than four con- secutive terms and a person who has been appointed or elected to mayor for more than one year shall serve no more than three additional terms. (Ord. 1700-A § 1, 1996; Ord. 1493 § 1, 1990) 2.04.020 Salaries. The salary of each council member $1,321.92 per month. (Ord. 2242 § 1, 2022; Ord. 2201 § 1, 2019; Ord. 2138 § 1, 2016; Ord. 1957 § 1, 2008; Ord. 1422 § 1, 1989) 2.04.030 City council vacancies. If there is a city council vacancy, including a va- cancy for the office of mayor, the city council shall im- mediately call for a special election to fill the vacancy, with the special election to be held on the next regularly scheduled election date not less than 114 days from the call of the special election. (Ord. 1696 § 1, 1996) 2.04.040 District based electoral system. A. Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 34886 and 34871(c), councilmembers shall be elected on a district-based electoral system in four sin- gle-member districts. For purposes of this chapter, the term “district-based electoral system” shall mean the election of members of the city council by the voters of the district alone. B. Except as provided in subsection C below, the councilmember elected to represent a district must live in that district and be a registered voter in that dis- trict, and any candidate for city council must live in, and be a registered voter in, the district in which he or she seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued, pursuant to California Government Code Section 34882 and Elections Code Section 10227. C. A councilmember in office at the time this section takes effect shall continue in office until the ex- piration of the full term to which he or she was elected or appointed and until his or her successor is qualified. If vacancies in councilmember offices elected at-large oc- cur before expiration of the full term thereof, such va- cancies shall be filled pursuant to Section 2.04.030. D. Upon expiration of the full term of each councilmember elected at-large, that councilmember’s successor shall be elected on a by-district basis in the districts established in subsection A of this section and as provided in Section 2.040.060. (Ord. 2236 § 2, 2022) 2.04.050 Districts. A. Subject to Section 2.04.060, city council- members shall be elected on a by-district basis from the council districts depicted on the official map attached as exhibit A to the ordinance codified in this chapter, and as described in exhibit B to the ordinance codified in this chapter, both of which are incorporated by this ref- erence.