§ 2.1. Election and terms of members of the council and a mayor.

(a)

The voters of the town shall elect in nonpartisan elections voting at large eight (8) members of the council and a mayor.

(b)

The members of the council shall be elected for staggered terms of four (4) years each, four (4) members of the council to be elected at each biennial election. In addition, at the first biennial election following the ratification of this Charter, a fifth member of the council shall be elected for a two-year term only in order to increase the number of members of the council from six (6) to eight (8) and at such election the candidate receiving the fifth highest number of votes is elected to the two-year term.

(c)

The mayor shall be elected at biennial elections for a term of two (2) years subject to the provisions of Section 2.3 of this Charter.

(Acts 1981, Ch. 911, § 6; Acts 2006, Ch. 29, § 1)