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Eugene Charter (3) The stipends above are in addition to, and not in lieu of, reimbursement for actual official expenses incurred. (4) The mayor and councilors shall receive no fringe benefits except those required by state law, but the mayor and councilors may purchase health insurance from the city health insurance plan. (5) The compensation of other appointed officers shall be prescribed by council. Section 19. Qualifications. No person may hold an elective city office unless a legal elector under the laws and constitution of the state, a resident of the city for one year immediately before being elected or appointed to the office, and unless, if elected, receiving a majority of the votes cast for candidates for the office at the election at which the office is filled. The city council shall provide for such election by majority vote. Section 20. Election. Immediately after the votes at any municipal election have been canvassed, the city manager or designee shall issue a certificate of election to each person declared by the canvassers to have been elected. The certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, but the city council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of the mayor and councilors, and in case of a contest between two or more persons claiming to be mayor or councilor, shall determine the contest. Section 21. Terms. The term of office of a person elected shall commence on the first Monday in January following the election. Section 22. Oath or Affirmation. All elective officers, the municipal judges, and the city manager, before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall subscribe and file with the head of the department in charge of city records an oath or affirmation of office. The oath shall read: 'T. , do solemnly swear that ! will support the constitution of the United States and of the State of Oregon, and that ! will, to the best of my ability, faithfully perform the duties of during my continuance therein, so help me God." If the person affirms, instead of the last clause of the oath, there shall be stated: "And this ! do affirm under the pains and penalties of perjury." Section 23. Vacancies: vacant: (a) (b) incumbent' s: Occupancy. The office of mayor or office of city councilor becomes Upon the incumbent' s: 1. Death; 2. Adjudicated incompetence; 3. Recall from office; 4. Resignation from office. Upon declaration by the council of the vacancy in case of the 1. Failure, following election or appointment to the office, to -6- 12/5/2002