§ 4.01. Selection, term and function of the urban council.

The urban services district shall be and constitute a municipal corporation, with a three member urban council, whose sole function shall be a mandatory obligation to levy a property tax adequate with other available funds to finance the budget for urban services, as determined by the metropolitan council. The members of the urban council shall be those three (3) individuals elected to the metropolitan council as councilmembers-at-large who receive the highest votes, who reside within the area of the urban services district, then they shall constitute the urban council; and if less than three councilmembers-at-large reside in the urban services district, they shall be members of the urban council, together with other members selected by the metropolitan council from its own membership so as to constitute a three member urban council. Members of the urban council so chosen by the metropolitan council shall be members a portion of whose district lies within the area of the urban services district. The term of members of the urban council shall be co-extensive with the term of the members of the metropolitan council. Vacancies in the membership of the urban council shall be filled by the metropolitan council, which shall elect to any such vacancy one of its own members a portion of whose district lies within the area of the urban services district.

The urban council shall meet immediately following any meeting of the metropolitan council, at which an annual budget is adopted or amended, or at which the annual tax rate for the general services district is adopted or amended. The minutes for the urban council shall be kept by the metropolitan clerk.

(Amended by referendum election of November 6, 2018, Amdt. 6)