All legislative powers of the Town are vested in a Council consisting of a Mayor and five Councilmembers who shall be elected as hereinafter provided and who shall hold office for a term of four years or until the succeeding Council takes office. The regular term of the members of the Council shall expire on the date of the next regular Town Council meeting following the election of their successors. Members of the Council holding office at the time this Charter becomes effective shall continue to hold office for the term for which they were elected and until the new Council takes office under the provisions of this Charter.
The Mayor and Councilmembers shall be residents of the Town and shall be registered to vote in the Town elections.
(a) 
The Mayor shall receive an annual salary as set from time to time by an ordinance passed by the council in the regular course of its business.
(b) 
Each Councilmember shall receive an annual salary which shall be equal for all Councilmembers and shall be as specified from time to time by an ordinance passed by the Council in the regular course of its business.
(c) 
The salary specified at the time any Councilmember takes office shall not be changed during the period for which that Councilmember was elected. The ordinance making any change in the salary paid to the Mayor or the Council, either by way of increase or decrease, shall be finally ordained prior to the municipal election for the members of the Council and shall take effect only as to the members elected or re-elected.
The Council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules but not less frequently than once each month. Special meetings shall be called by the Town Clerk upon the request of the Mayor or a majority of the members of the Council. All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public, unless closed in accordance with state law, and the rules of the Council shall provide that residents of the Town shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard at any meeting in regard to any municipal question.
The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members.
The Mayor shall serve as president of the Council. The Mayor may take part in all discussions. The Mayor shall not be eligible to vote unless a vote is necessary to break a tie in the vote of the Council. The Council shall elect a vice-president of the Council from among its members who shall act as president of the Council in the absence of the president of the Council.
A majority of the members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no ordinance shall be approved nor any other action taken without the favorable votes of a majority of the whole number of members elected to the Council.
The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings and enter therein the yeas and nays upon final action on any question, resolution or ordinance. The journal shall be open to public inspection.
No ordinance shall be passed at the meeting at which it is introduced. At any regular or special meeting of the Council held not less than six nor more than 60 days after the meeting at which an ordinance was introduced, it shall be passed, or passed as amended, or rejected, or its consideration deferred to some specified future date. In cases of emergency, the above requirement may be suspended by the affirmative votes of five members of the Council. Every ordinance, unless it be passed as an emergency ordinance, shall become effective at the expiration of 20 calendar days following approval by the Council. A fair summary of each ordinance shall be posted in some public place or places for at least 30 days after its passage. An emergency ordinance shall become effective on the date specified in the ordinance.
Ordinances shall be permanently filed by the Town Clerk and shall be kept available for public inspection.