Except as this Charter provides otherwise, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council.

The council shall be composed of a mayor and six councilors elected from the city at large.

The term of office of each Councilor in office when this charter is adopted shall continue until the expiration of their respective terms. The term of office of each Councilor elected after this charter is adopted shall be for four years, and such councilor shall take office on the first day of January after the election.

At each biennial general election a mayor shall be elected for a term of two years. The mayor in office at the time this charter is adopted shall continue in office until the expiration of his or her term.

Additional officers of the city shall be a municipal judge, a recorder, and such other officers as the council deems necessary. Each of these officers shall be appointed and may be removed by the mayor with the consent of the council. The council may combine any two or more appointive city officers. The council may designate any appointive officer to supervise any other appointive officer except the municipal judge in the exercise of his judicial functions.

The compensation for the services of each city officer and employee shall be the amount fixed by the council.

No person shall be eligible for an elected office of the city unless at the time of such persons election he or she is a qualified elector within the meaning of the state constitution and state law, has resided in the city during the twelve months immediately preceding the election, and has maintained such domicile within the City of Carlton during such preceding twelve months as his or her primary place of abode. The council shall be the final judge of the qualifications and election of its own members, subject, however, to review by a court of competent jurisdiction.