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Section 201. Mayor and City Council. The City shall be governed by, and all powers of the City shall be vested in, the Mayor and City Council. The City Council consists of four Council Members each elected to office from the City at large in the manner provided by the laws of the State or procedures adopted by ordinance. The Mayor shall be elected to office from the City at large. The Mayor and each City Council Member shall have equal votes on all matters coming before the City Council. The Mayor and each City Council Member in office at the time this Charter takes effect shall continue in office until the end of the term for which he or she was elected or appointed subject to the right of the people to recall the Mayor or a City Council Member from office as provided in the laws of the State. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 201, the City Council may by ordinance enact the provisions of Section 201.5, below, which shall supplant this section in its entirety.
Section 201.5. Mayor, Vice Mayor, and City Council. The City shall be governed by, and all powers of the City shall be vested in, the Mayor, Vice Mayor and City Council. The City Council consists of five Council Members each elected to office from the City in the manner provided by the laws of the State or procedures adopted by ordinance. The Mayor and Vice Mayor shall each be elected to office from the City at large. The Mayor, Vice Mayor, and each City Council Member shall have equal votes on all matters coming before the City Council. The Mayor and each City Council Member in office at the time this section takes effect shall continue in office until the end of the term for which he or she was elected or appointed subject to the right of the people to recall the Mayor or a City Council Member from office as provided in the laws of the State. This Section 201.5 shall not be operative or take effect unless the City Council enacts an ordinance that so provides on or before December 31, 2026. Upon enactment of such an ordinance, this Section 201.5 shall supplant and replace Section 201 in its entirety unless and until the City Council enacts an ordinance repealing the operation of this Section 201.5, in which event Section 201 shall once again become operative and shall supplant and replace this Section 201.5.