30 - Adoption of Voter-Approved Amendments to the City's Home Rule Charter

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the qualifications prescribed by this Charter and by V.T.C.A. Election Code, Chapter 141, as amended, and shall be elected by a majority vote of the qualified voters residing in their respective districts. At the first regular meeting of the council, or special meeting if the same is necessary, after which votes are canvassed for each annual election held in or about May, including any runoff election that is necessary, the newly comprised city council shall elect from among its members a mayor and mayor pro tem, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The mayor pro tem shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor. In the absence or disability of both, the council shall designate a member as temporary presiding officer. The members of the city council shall serve not more than three consecutive two-year terms, after which two years must pass before they are again eligible to serve on the council. Any unexpired term to which a member is appointed shall not be counted toward such consecutive terms. Members shall serve until their successors have been elected and qualified. (Ordinance 95-053, sec. 1, adopted 9/13/95; Resolution 2007/055 adopted 5/21/07, Props. 13- 15; Resolution 2011-047, sec. 2, adopted 5/23/11) § 15-7 Qualifications. Each of the seven councilmen members shall be at least eighteen years of age or older, a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of the State of Texas for twelve months as of the deadline for filing for office, and a bona fide resident of the district in which he or she seeks election for twelve months as of the deadline for filing for office; and shall not have been convicted of a felony, been adjudged to be mentally incompetent by a court, or be disqualified by reason of any provision of any other section of this Charter or of Chapter 141 of the Texas Election Code. A member of the council shall immediately forfeit his or her office if the member ceases to possess any of the qualifications specified in this section or in any other section of the Charter or while in office is convicted of a felony, is placed on felony probation or placed on deferred adjudication for a felony, or is otherwise subject to any type of court supervision following disposition or resolution of a felony charge. Furthermore a member of the council shall immediately forfeit his or her office if he or she fails to attgnd at least seventy-five er n ('75%) f mggfinin jiny year of his r her tprm _ f office unless otherwise excused by the remaining -members of the council with a year being measured from the first meeting in Ma to the last meeting in April. For the purposes of this section, a bona fide residence shall be defined as a place in which the councilman member actually resides, prima facie evidence of which may include a utility account in the name of the councilman mem or his or her spouse, parent or child with whom he or she actually resides. (Ordinance 95-053, sec. 1, adopted 9/13/95; Resolution 2007-055 adopted 5/21/07, Props. 16- 18); Ordinance No. 2022-084 enacted 11/14/2022, Prop. A, Ordinance No. 2022 - enacted 12/12/2022. § 168 Compensation of members. Members of the city council shall serve without pay or compensation; provided, however, they shall be entitled to all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.