[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Council
of the Village of Bellevue as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-17-1973 by Ord. No. 60]
This article shall be known as "the Election
Code of the Village of Bellevue."
The purpose of this article is to exempt the
Village of Bellevue from the provisions of Act No.148 of Public Acts
of 1973 for the election of Village officers, which said election
and all matters pertaining thereto shall be conducted in the manner
prescribed by the former statute for the conduct of regular elections
for Village officers, meaning MSA § 5.1230 through MSA § 5.1242,
as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: MCLA § 62.5 et seq.
[Adopted 2-20-2002 by Ord. No. 102]
As authorized by Section 3(1) and (2), Chapter
III of 1895 PA 3, as amended (MCLA §§ 63.1 and 63.2),
Village elections in the Village of Bellevue shall hereafter be nonpartisan.
The Village of Bellevue shall not conduct primary
elections for Village offices.
A.
Number of
members; terms of office.
[Added 1-24-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-001[1]]
(1)
The
elective officers of the Village shall be six Village Council members
and one Village President. At the 2006 election:
(a)
Three
Village Council members shall be elected for a term of two years and
then each four years thereafter;
(b)
Three
Village Council members shall be elected for a term of four years
and then each four years thereafter; and
(c)
The
Village President shall be elected for a term of four years and then
four years thereafter.
(2)
Term
of office shall begin the first December meeting following a Village
Council member's or Village President's election to office.
B.
Village Council members shall be elected at large.
The candidates for Village Council, in number equal to the number
of vacancies for the Village Council, who receive the highest number
of votes shall be declared elected to the office of Village Council
member.
C.
The candidate for Village President who receives the
highest number of votes shall be declared elected to the office of
Village President.
D.
In the event that there shall be no choice between
or among candidates as a result of two or more candidates receiving
an equal number of votes, the Village shall follow the procedures
for deciding a tie vote as set forth in the Michigan Election Law,
PA 116 of 1954, as amended (MCLA § 168.1 et seq.).
This article shall apply beginning with the
first Village election for which the nomination deadline is not less
than 30 days after the effective date of this article.
This article shall take effect 45 days after
the date of its adoption, unless a petition signed by not less than
10% of the registered electors of the Village is filed with the Village
Clerk or Village office within such 45 days. If a petition is filed
within such period of time, this article shall then take effect only
upon its approval at the next general Village election or special
Village election held on the question of whether this article shall
be approved. Notice of the delayed effect of this article and the
right of petition under this section shall be published separately
at the same time and in the same manner as this article or a notice
of the ordinance is published in a local newspaper of general circulation.
This article shall be adopted by an affirmative
vote of at least 2/3 of the members of the Village Council.
The Village Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this article and cause the same to be published as required by
law.
