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40:69A-117. Composition of council The council shall consist of the mayor and two council members, unless pursuant to the authority granted under section 1-13 or 1-19 of article 1 of this act, or unless provided by amendment of the charter pursuant to section 7 of this amendatory act, the municipality shall be governed by a mayor and four or six council members. Members of the council shall be elected at large by the voters of the municipality and shall serve for a term of three years. L.1950, c.210, s.13-3; amended 1981,c.465,s.31; 1989,c.221,s.8. 40:69A-117.1. Small municipality plan; members of council; election at regular municipal or general election Any municipality adopting a small municipality plan of government shall provide in its charter that the council members shall be elected by the voters of the municipality either: a. At a regular municipal election held on the second Tuesday in May in the years in which municipal officers are to be elected, in which case the term of office of the council members shall begin on July 1 next following their election; or b. At the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November or at such other time as may be provided by law for holding general elections, in which case the term of office of the council members shall begin on January 1 next following their election. L.1981, c. 465, s. 32, eff. Jan. 9, 1982. 40:69A-117.2. First members of council; terms of office Any municipality adopting a small municipality plan of government may provide in its charter that the council members elected at the first regular municipal election or general election as the charter shall provide, following the adoption of the plan shall serve for the following terms: if the municipal council is to consist of three members, one shall serve for one year, one for two years and one for three years; if the municipal council is to consist of five members, two shall serve for one year, two for two years and one for three years; or if the municipal council is to consist of seven members, three shall serve for a term of one year, two for a term of two years and two for a term of three years. The length of the respective term of each member of the first council shall be determined by lot at the organization of the council immediately following their election; except that if, pursuant to the charter, the mayor is elected directly by the voters, the mayor shall, for the purposes of this section, be counted among those first council members to serve a four year term. L.1981, c.465, s.33; amended 1989, c.221, s.9. 40:69A-117.3. Mayor; election by council or by voters; charter provision Any municipality adopting a small municipality plan of government shall provide in its charter either: a. That the mayor shall be elected by the members of the council; in which case on the first day of July or January, as appropriate, following their election, the members-elect of the municipal council shall assemble at the usual place of meeting of the governing body of the municipality and organize and elect one of their number as mayor; that the mayor shall be chosen by ballot by majority vote of members of the municipal council; that if the members shall be unable, within five ballots to be taken within 2 days of the organization meeting, to elect a mayor, then the member who in the election for members of the municipal council received the greatest number of votes shall be mayor; and that should that person decline to accept the office, then the person receiving the next highest vote shall be the mayor, and so on, until the office is filled; or b. That the mayor shall be elected directly by the voters of the municipality at the regular municipal election, or general election, as the charter shall provide; that at the first election following the adoption of the charter, and each appropriate subsequent election, one position of council member to be elected at large shall be designated and voted for under the title of mayor, and candidates for the position shall be clearly designated as candidates for mayor in their respective nominating petitions; and that the candidate for mayor receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected and shall serve for a term of 4 years. L.1981, c. 465, s. 34, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.

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