(a) The City Council of the City of Fairfield, may, not less than six months prior to the next regular general municipal election in 1992, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality into six single-member districts and designate the districts as numbers one through six, pursuant to subsection (b). The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall reside within the boundaries of the district for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to so reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of the council. Candidates for election to a place on the council shall have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for the district.
(b) Establishment of the six single-member districts provided for by this part, and the composition and description of same by metes and bounds, shall, as nearly as practicable, conform to the six wards established by Ordinance No. 794 of the City Council of the City of Fairfield, adopted December 21, 1987, and approved, together with Ward Plan A, by the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, pursuant to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, as amended, on March 28, 1988, and the ordinance and Ward Plan A are hereby adopted by reference as if fully set out herein. The districts established as provided by this part, shall be as nearly equal in population as is practicable. The municipal clerk, within five days after adoption by the city council of the changes provided for by this part, or before, shall file with the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality lies, a certified copy of Ordinance No. 794, together with supporting documents and accompanied by a map or plat of the city, showing the boundaries of such wards. The adopted by the city council enacting the changes in the government of the City of Fairfield provided for by this part, along with such supporting documents and map or plat of the city, as may be required by law or necessary to show the boundaries of the districts.
(c) In addition to the election of six single-member district council members, there shall be one member, to be designated the president of the city council, who shall be elected at-large by all qualified electors voting thereon. Such member shall reside within the city limits of the City of Fairfield and shall continue to reside so long as he or she shall serve. The candidates for such position shall have resided within the city limits 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election. Only qualified electors residing within the city limits shall be eligible to vote for candidates seeking at-large membership on the council. Such at-large member shall be in addition to the mayor.
Last modified: May 3, 2021