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e e CHARTER 2.07 For council person: Not to exceed the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00). The filing fees shall be used to defray,the cost of the election and said fee shall be prorated and any surplus shall be refunded to said candidates. In lieu of posting such fee, a candidate may submit a petition requesting that his name be placed on the ballot. Said petition shall bear a number of signatures of qualified electors who are residents of the city, which number shall not be less than five (5) percent of the total vote cast at the most recent regular election in which a councilperson was elected or fifty (50), whichever is the lesser number. Each signer shall indicate his address and the number and count! of his voter registration certificate. 4. File for only one city office. d. OfflCial ballots. The full names of all candidates for mayor or council as hereinbefore provided, except such as may have withdrawn, died or become ineligible, shall be printed on th~ officiai ballots without p~ty designations. If two (2) candidates with the same surnames, or with names so similar as to be likely to cause confusion, file for office, their occupations or the addresses oftheir places of residence shall be placed with their names on the ballots. The order of the names on the ballot shall be determined by lot. e. Canvassing elections. Returns of the elections, general and special, shall be made by the election officers to council promptly following said election, at 'Yhich time council shall canvass and declare the results of such election. 2.05. Compensation. . Each council person and the mayor shall receive for his services a salary in an amount determined by the council, not to exceed the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400.00) per year for the mayor, and tWelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per year for each councilperson. 2.06. Original meeting of new council. On the first Monday next following the regular municipal election held on the first Saturday of May, or as soon thereafter as practicable, city council shall meet at the usual place for holding meetings, and the newly elected members shall qualify and assume'the duties of office. At such meeting council shall select one of its members to serve as mayor pro tern, who shall serve for a one year term and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Editor's note-The election date in the city is the first Satuz1lay in May pursuant to V.T.C.A, Election Code ~ 41.001. 2.07. Meetings. a. Frequency. City council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules but not less frequently than once each month. All meetings of council shall be open to the public; special meetings shall be called by the city secretary upon request of the mayor or three (3) council persons. CHT:9