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'\\ 1. CITY COUNCIL June 25, 1986 SOCTION 2.05. PETITIONS FOR ELOCTION. At least thirty days before a prirrary election, any person eligible and desirous of having his or her name placed upon the prirrary ballot as a candidate for any office to be voted on at said prirrary election, shall file or cause to be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Hastings a petition on a form prepared and provided by the City and signed by at least fifteen qualified voters of the City of Hastings, which petition shall state the name and address and residence of such person, the office for which he or ~hp desires to be .a candidate, that he or she is a qualified voter in the City of Hastings, and a statement that he or she desires to seek said office. If the office sought is that of Mayor, or at large councilperson, the petitioners may reside anywhere in the City of Hastings. If the office is that of a ward councilperson ee\:lRe:i:~, the person naninated shall reside in the ward from which he or she seeks election, and the signators of his or her petition must also be residents of the same ward . On or appended to each petition, or to each page thereof if said petition consists of m::>re than one page, there shall 0 be an af f idavi t of the circulator thereof stating that each signature thereon was made in his or her presence and is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. SOCTION 2.07. PRESENT ELEX::TIVE OFFICIALS TO CONrINUE TERM. All members of the City Council of the City of Hastings as of the date hereof shall hold their respective offices until their terms of office expire by operation of law. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to limit their term of office T .L except that the termS of office of any elected City official, the nlIDlber of wards and ward representation~rray be changed or altered upon the reccmnendation of a duly appointed Charter Conmission _ and amendItEnt to this Charter as provided by law. SOCTION 3.02. ~;PJB-Q~~T COUNCIL CG1POSITION AND ELEX::TION. ~e-e~ee1::i:ye e€€:i:eers-e€-1:Ae-G:i:1:y-are-aRa-SRa~~-eeR1::i:Rae-1:e-Be-a-Mayer-aA8-1:we~rs-e€-1:Ae-be\:lRe:i:~ €reFR-eaeA-wara-e€-1:Ae-G:i:~Y7-wAe-SAa~~-Be-kRewR-as-ee\:lRe:i:lReRT The Council shall be composed of a mayor and six members of the city council, two of whan shall be elected at large for a tenn of four (4) years at the 1986 City election. One rrember of the Council shall be elected fran each ward of the City for a tenn of four (4) years at the 1988 City election. All of said elective officers shall be qualified electors and residents in and of the City of Hastings, and in the case of \Yal:d ee\:lRe:i:!:IfteR counciloersons, resideI1ts of the ward from which they are elected. . Candidates for ward Council seats shall be residents of the ward fran which they seek office for at least thirty (30) days prior to the prirrary election. Candidates for at large Council seats shall be residents of the City for at least thirty (30) days prior to the O. prirrary election. ~e-Mayer-5Aa~~-5erYe-€er-a-~r:i:ea-e€-~we-~~+-yearS-aA8-aR~:i:~ A:i:s-saeeesser-:i:5-aa~y-e~eEe8-aR8~a~:i:€:i:eaT Qe\:lRe:i:~meR Councilpersofls shall serve for a tenn of four (4) years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tenn of all elected officers shall begin on the first M:mday after the first Saturday in January following a regular Municipal election. The City Council shall be the judge of the election of the Mayor and the Ge\:lRe:i:~. Councilpersons. 2. MAYOR " SOCTION 3.025. THE MAYOR. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Charter to the contrary, beginning at the 1986 general city election, the Mayor shall be elected and serve for a pericxi of four (4) years and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The Mayor shall be a qualified elector and resident in and of the City of Hastings for at least thirty (30) days prior to the primary election. The Mayor shall preside at IIEetings of the Council and shall have a vote as a rranber. Likewise, the Mayor may act as a rranber of the Council, make and second m::>tions while presiding at Council IIEetings. SOCTION 3.04. ACTING MAYOR. At the first regular Council ItEeting of the year, and at such other tiIlEs as it deems appropriate, the Council shall, by a majority vote of its entire membership, elect one of its rrembers to serve as acting Mayor. The acting Mayor shall serve as Mayor in case of the Mayor's disability or absence fran . D. the City, except that the acting Mayor shall not have the right to veto ordinances or vote as Mayor to break a tie. The ee\:lRe:i:~ council person acting as Mayor during the absence or disability of the Mayor shall continue his or her right to vote as a eeaRe:i:~ councilperson. SOCTION 3.05. DUTIES OF THE MAYOR IN GENERAL. The Mayor shall be the presiding officer of the City Council, provided that at the first regular Council meeting of the year following the general municipal election, the Council shall choose fran its ~ rranbers an acting mayor as provided in section 3.04. The Mayor shall exercise all powers and perfonn all duties conferred and imposed upon A:HR the Mayor by this Charter, by City Ordinances, and by laws of the State of Minnesota, and the United States of A1rerica. He The Mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the City for all ceraronial purposes, by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process, and by the Governor for the purpose of martial law. In tiIlE of declared public emergency, the Mayor may, with the consent of the Council, take cal1Tland of the police, maintain order and enforce the law. ::1:1''''''.~._~_ ......."":l: m. r:l[ ~Ill __ _','_ _,__ ; :,~ L. '! "'.., ~ If!. .... IE ""EM!