Fulton Composition, Eligibility, Election and Terms ordinance (Charter § 3.2)

(a) Composition. There shall be a City Council of eight (8) members, two (2) from each ward, nominated and elected by the qualified voters of their respective wards, as provided in Article IX.

(b) Eligibility. A councilman shall be a qualified voter of the city and shall have been a resident of the city for at least one year immediately preceding his nomination, and a resident of his ward immediately preceding his nomination.

(c) Election and Terms. Councilmen shall be elected to serve staggered two (2) year terms. At the first election under this charter, eight (8) councilmen shall be elected. Four (4) of the Councilmen, one (1) from each ward, elected at the first such election shall serve only one (1) year terms, they being determined by lot at the first meeting of the council. At each regular municipal election thereafter, councilmen shall be elected to fill the positions of those whose terms expire and shall serve full two

(2) year terms.