The elected officers of the city shall be six (6) council members and one (1) mayor. The mayor and council members shall constitute the council and shall continue in office until assumption of duties of office by their duly elected successors. Council members and mayor shall serve four (4) year overlapping terms in the manner provided by state statutes, and shall be sworn in at the first regular meeting of December in each even-numbered year. (Ord. No. 500, § 3, 9-18-01; Ord. No. 2003-15, §§ 1, 2, 11-4-03; Ord. No. 2010-04, § 1, 4-6-10; Ord. No. 2013-05, §§ 1, 2, 11-5-13. 1976 Code § 2-1-1)