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10 PROPOSED REWORDING OF SECTIONS OF THE SAN YillRCOS CITY CHARTER RECOMMENDED FOR AMEND.f'.1ENT Sec. 3.01. Number, selection and term. The legislative and governing body of the City shall consist of seven (7) Council Members and shall be known as the "City Council of San Marcos." (a) The members of the City Council shall be elected from the City at large, and each Council Member shall be elected to occupy a place on the Counci¡ such places being numbered and designated 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Mayor. (b) Each Council Member for places 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall hold office for a period of three (3) years, staggered so that two (2) members shall be elected to a regular term each year. The Council Member elected to the place of Mayor shall hold office for a period of two (2) years. Sec. 3.04. Compensation. Members of the City Council shall serve without payor compensa- tion; provided, however, that they shall be entitled to all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. Beginning with the annual City Budget for the fiscal year 1983-1984, there shall be provided in each annual City Budget an amount not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for the expenses of the Mayor and three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) for the expenses of each Council Member excluding the Hayor. The Mayor and members of the City Council shall be reimbursed from the amounts so provided for in the annual City Budget for their actual official City business expenses. Sec. 3.05. Mayor and Mayor pro tempore. The nayor shall preside at all meetings of the Council and shall be recognized as head of the city government for all ceremonial purposes, for the purpose of receiving service of civil process, for military purposes, and as principal liaison between Council Members and the City Manager. The 11ayor, as a member of the Council, shall be entitled to vote upon all matters considered by the