CHAPTER VII: ELECTIONS
SECTION 30 STATE LAW
Except as this charter or a city ordinance prescribes to the contrary, a city election shall conform to state law applicable to the election.
SECTION 31 NOMINATIONS
A person may be nominated in a manner prescribed by general ordinance to run for an elective office of the city.
SECTION 32 COMMENCEMENT OF TERMS OF OFFICE
The term of office of a person elected to an office at a regular city election shall commence at the first regular council meeting in January of the year immediately following the election.