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Municode Page 1 of 1 Sec. 4.01. Legislative power The legislative power shall be vested in the council, which shall be composed of seven (7) councilmembers. Editor's note— Section 4.01 amended, election Nov. 4, 1980; see Resolution, C.F. 275919 and Note 1 following Chapter 2. Note—Amended, see Note 4 to Chapter 2. Sec. 4.01.1. Council wards. Each member of the council shall be elected from a separate ward which is substantially equal in population to all other wards. Each councilmember shall be a resident of the ward from which elected. Voters may only vote for a candidate for the council ward seat within which the voters reside. (Ord. No. 12-9, § 2, 3-28-12) Note—Amended, see Note 4 to Chapter 2. Sec. 4.01.2. [division of city into wards.] For the purposes of electing city councilmembers, the city shall be divided into seven (7) contiguous wards of substantially equal population, and serially numbered. After every federal decennial census the Charter Commission, after public hearings, shall redistrict in the manner described herein. The commission shall redefine the council wards so as to make them substantially equal. The public hearings shall be held after published notice of said hearings, and opportunity to speak shall be allowed members of the public upon such reasonable terms as the commission shall adopt. The commission shall adopt its districting resolution by a majority vote of its entire membership, and file it in the office of the city clerk no later than the first Tuesday in June prior to the first city election after the federal decennial census. The council shall provide for a sum of money, adequate for this purpose, to be used by the commission to hire staff to aid it in preparing its districting plan. (Ord. No. 12-9, § 2. 3-28-12) Editor's note— Ord. No. 12-9, § 2, adopted March 28, 2012, amended the Charter by repealing former § 4.01.2, and adding a new § 4.01.2. Former § 4.01.2 pertained to initial districts, and was part of the original Charter. Sec. 4.01.3. Reserved. Editor's note— Ord. No. 12-9, § 2, adopted March 28, 2012, amended the Charter by repealing former § 4.01.3 in its entirety. Former § 4.01.3 pertained to mandatory redistricting, and derived from Ord. No. 11-13, adopted March 2, 2011. http://library.municode.com/print.aspx?h=&clientID=10061 &HTMRequest=http%3a%2f... 3/25/2014