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2.04.010 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 2.04.010 Meetings: The City Council shall by resolution establish the times and dates of its regular meetings. Except when other- wise 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 re- sults of an election for City Council and Mayor. A special meeting may be called for that purpose. At that meeting the City Council shall canvass the elec- tion 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 (4) years from and after the date and time at which he or she was declared elected and was installed and shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The Mayor shall hold office for a term of two (2) 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 quali- fied. The Mayor and members of Coun- cil serving 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 (2) consecutive terms and a person who has been appointed or elected to Coun- cil for more than two (2) years shall serve no more than one additional term. D. A Mayor shall serve no more than four (4) consecutive terms and a person who has been appointed or elected to Mayor for more than one year shall serve no more than three (3) additional terms. (Ord. 1700-A § 1, 1996; Ord. 1493 § 1, 1990) 2.04.020 Salaries: The salary of each Council member is five hundred dollars ($500.00) per month. (Ord. 1422 § 1, 1989) 2.04.030 City Council Vacancies: If there is a City Council vacancy, including a vacancy for the office of Mayor, the City Council shall immedi- ately 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 one hundred fourteen (114) days from the call of the special election. (Ord. 1696 § 1, 1996) 13 (Pleasanton April 2000)