Section 8. - Elective officers.
Section 9. - Term of office, salary and qualifications.
Section 12. - Vacancies in office.
Section 13. - Former officers retained.
Section 8. - Elective officers.
The elective officers of The City of Edmond shall be a mayor and four councilmen. (Amended General Election, April 7, 2009)
Section 9. - Term of office, salary and qualifications.
All the legislative powers, except the initiative and referendum, shall be vested in the mayor and four councilmen. The mayor shall receive the sum of Thirty-Five Dollars per month for his services and each councilman shall receive the sum of Twenty-Five Dollars per month for his services; provided, such compensation may be changed by ordinance. Candidates for mayor shall be nominated at the primary election of the electors of the City at large. There shall be one councilman from each of the four wards of the City, who shall be nominated at the primary election by the electors of the ward from which such councilman is to be elected. In all general City elections, the candidates for City and Ward offices shall be voted upon by the electors of the City at large.
Each of said officers shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed as hereinafter provided. The mayor shall hold office for a term of two years, and councilmen shall hold office for a term of four years each. No person shall be eligible to be mayor, or councilman unless he be a citizen of the United States and of the State of Oklahoma, a freeholder in the City of Edmond, at least twenty-five years of age, a resident of said City at least one year next prior to his election, and a qualified voter of said City and Ward from which he seeks election. (Amended General Election, April 5, 1955; Amended General Election, April 7, 2009).
Said mayor and councilmen and all other officers of the City, upon entering the duties of their offices, shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this State.
All other officers and employees of the City shall give such bonds as the mayor and council may, by ordinance, require. (Amended General Election, April 7, 2009).
A general City election shall be held in said City on the first Tuesday of April, 1957, at which time there shall be elected a mayor, and four councilmen to succeed the officers of said City then holding office, and who shall assume their duties on the first Monday in May following their election. The mayor and councilman of ward one and the councilman for ward two shall hold office for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, except as hereinafter provided, and the councilman for ward three and the councilman for ward four shall hold office for a term of four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified, except as hereinafter provided. A general city election shall be held in said City on the first Tuesday in April, 1959, and each two years thereafter, to fill the office of mayor, who shall assume his duties on the first Monday in May following his election. A general City election shall be held in said City on the first Tuesday in April, 1959, and each four years thereafter, to fill the offices of councilman for ward one and councilman for ward two, who shall assume their duties on the first Monday in May following their election. A general City election shall be held in said City on the first Tuesday in April, 1961, and each four years thereafter, to fill the offices of and councilman for ward three, and councilman for ward four, who shall assume their duties on the first Monday in May following their election. (Amended General Election, April 5, 1955; Amended Election November 3, 1998; Amended Special Election, May 8, 2001; Amended General Election, April 7, 2009).
Section 12. - Vacancies in office.
A vacancy shall exist when an elective officer fails to qualify within twenty days after notice of his election, dies, resigns, removes from said City, absents himself therefrom for a period of ninety days, except on account of sickness, is convicted of a felony, becomes an habitual drunkard, or is otherwise legally disqualified. Also, a vacancy shall occur in the office of councilman when any councilman removes from the ward from which he was elected. If the office of mayor, or any councilman shall become vacant for any cause, the mayor and council shall appoint some eligible person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold said office until the next general City election, when such vacancy shall be filled as in the case of an original election, but only for the unexpired part of the term of said office. Such officer shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. All elective officers and those appointed to fill vacancies, as herein provided, shall hold their respective offices, subject to the provisions of the recall, as herein provided, or to be removed from office as provided by law. (Amended General Election, April 6, 1965; Amended General Election, April 7, 2009).
Section 13. - Former officers retained.
All officers, appointees, and employees of the present corporation of the City of Edmond, except the mayor, city treasurer and councilmen, shall continue in their respective offices and employment upon adoption of this Charter and the organization of the new City government until their services are dispensed with by order of the mayor and council or the city manager. The mayor and council shall by majority vote fill all vacancies where this Charter provides for appointments to be made by the mayor and council; the city manager shall fill all vacancies where this Charter provides for the appointment to be made by the manager. (Amended General Election, April 5, 1977).