The City Legislature is the municipality's governing body, responsible for voting on ordinances and policies, and often is in charge of hiring a city manager.
Each member of the City Council shall be a registered elector of the City and shall have resided in the City for at least one year prior to the date on which he qualified to run
Filing Requirements
File a notarized statement of intention to be a candidate for a specified Council seat and then file for nomination by a petition to be signed by a minimum of twenty-five qualified electors of the city. Qualified electors signing the petition for the district council seats must reside in that district. Only petitions on official forms provided by the Clerk for a specific office shall be accepted for validation, and such forms shall include spaces for the printed name, signature, address, and birthdate or voter registration number of each elector and a sworn affidavit executed by the circulator of each page of the petition stating that each signature on it was affixed in his presence and that he believes each signature to be the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. The signature shall be executed in ink or indelible pencil. Law requires that a candidate must also file the following: Form 1 Statement of Financial Interests, Loyalty Oath and Oath of Candidate (Form DS-DE 25 for Non-Partisan Office), Assessment fee, Appointment of Campaign Treasurer and Designation of Campaign Depository (Form DS-DE 9) and Statement of Candidate (Form DS-DE 84), unless you have already filed these forms.
Paperwork Instructions
Submit paperwork to the county supervisor of election's office.