§ 12.03. First election for Mayor and Council.

An election shall be held as provided by the previous Charter on the first Monday in April, which is April 3, 1995. At that election, a Mayor shall be elected to serve a term beginning at 12:00 noon local time, April 10, 1995, and ending at 7:30 p.m. local time on the Monday following the general election in 1998. A Council Member shall be elected from each ward on April 3, 1995, to serve a term beginning and ending at the same time as the term of the Mayor. In addition, at the same election of April 3, 1995, a Council Member shall be elected from each ward to serve a term commencing at 12:00 noon April 10, 1995, and ending at 7:30 p.m. local time on the Monday following the general election in 1996. During the period from April of 1995 to April of 1996, there could be as many as five holdover Members of the Council serving with seven officers elected under this Charter. During that transition year, a quorum and a majority vote on the City Council shall require one-half of the Council Members serving plus one.