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Eugene Code (1) Each member elected to the board before 1976 has the term of office thereon for which so elected. Except as subsection (2) of this section provides to the contrary, each member elected to the board during or after 1976 has a term of office thereon of four years. (2) The board may fill a vacant office thereon by appointing thereto a person from the same constituency as the member who has last occupied that office. If that member leaves the office vacant less than 14 months after the member's term on the board begins, at the next primary and general November elections after the vacancy occurs, a member shall be elected to the vacant office from the same constituency as the member who has last occupied that office. The term of office of the person so elected begins the first of the immediately ensuing year and continues for two years. (Section 2.968, previously numbered 2.180, amended by Ordinance No. 18106, enacted January 18, 1978; and administratively amended by Ordinance No. 20113, enacted April 6, 1998, effective May 6, 1998.) 2.970 Elections - Initiative and Referendum. Preamble and Definitions. The initiative and referendum powers of the city and its electors shall be exercised in accordance with sections 2.971 to 2.988 of this code and not otherwise. State statutes governing exercise of the initiative and referendum do not apply to exercise of these powers by the city or its electors. As used in sections 2.971 to 2.988 of this code, the following words and phrases mean: City attorney. A person or law firm appointed by the city manager to provide legal advice to the manager and council on election matters. City office. The office of mayor, city councilor or Eugene Water and Electric Board member City recorder. The city manager or the manager's designee. Completed petition. An initiative or referendum petition containing all of the information required by law and containing at least the number of elector signatures required by section 2.972 of this code. Conflicting measures. Measures are conflicting when any part of one measure cannot operate concurrently with a provision of the other measure or when one or both measures expressly provide that they are intended to be the exclusive enactment for that area of legislation. Elector. A resident of the city qualified to vote under Oregon Constitution, Article II, Section 2. Initiative petition. A petition by one or more qualified electors to initiate proposed legislation to be adopted at an election. 2-112 11/23/2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - ---- ~-- -- - -- - - - . . - I I I I - - - -- - I I I I II