The provisions of Section 9-167a C.G.S. shall govern the method of determining the election of the at large members.
c.   (1) A Board of Education consisting of eleven resident electors of the City. At the first general City election to be held after the effective date of this paragraph as provided in Section 8-13 there shall be elected two (2) members of the Board of Education for a term of four years and one member for a term of two (2) years. At the second such general City election there shall be elected five members for terms of four years. At the third such general City election, there shall be elected six members for terms of four years. Alternately thereafter at each biennial election, there shall be elected five members and then six members who shall hold office for a term of four years to succeed those whose terms expire.
(2)   Nomination and election shall be governed by Section 9-204a of the General Statutes, as amended.
d.   A City Clerk who shall serve a term of two years and who shall have the powers and duties prescribed by Section 3-3 of this Charter.
e.   A Treasurer who shall serve a term of two years and who shall have the powers and duties prescribed by Section 6-1 of this Charter.
f.   Five (5) Constables who shall serve a term of two (2) years.
g.   A Town Clerk who shall serve a term of two (2) years.
h. (1) A Zoning Commission consisting of nine members who shall be electors of the City, all of whom shall serve a term of two (2) years.
(2)   Three alternate members of the Zoning Commission who shall be electors of the City, all of whom shall serve a term of two (2) years.
(3)   The Zoning Commission shall have the powers and duties not inconsistent with this Charter, as prescribed in Chapter 124 of the General Statutes, as amended.
B.   The terms of all municipal officers shall commence at twelve (12) noon on the first business day of December following their election and they shall hold office until their successors have been chosen and qualified.

Section 2-3 MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
Minority representation on any elective or appointive board, commission, legislative body, committee or similar body of the City shall be in conformity with the appropriate minority representation provisions of the General Statutes as may be in effect from time to time.

Section 2-4 REAPPORTIONMENT OF WARDS AND VOTING DISTRICTS.
The wards and voting districts as presently established shall continue through the general city election of 1991 and through any special elections which may be held before a reapportionment plan is adopted as provided in this section.
On or before February 15, 1992, and every ten years thereafter, there shall be designated a reapportionment advisory commission which shall prepare a plan to alter the boundaries of the various wards so as to make all wards substantially equal in population consistent with federal constitutional standards.
The reapportionment advisory commission shall consist of five members, all of whom shall be electors of the city. Two members shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Common Council, and two members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Common Council, in the event that there are members of no more than two political parties on the Common Council. In the event that there are members of more than two political parties, or members of two political parties and members unaffiliated with a political party, the members of the Common Council who are not a member of the majority political party shall select one of their number, which person shall designate two members of the commission in lieu of the designation by the minority leader. The four members so designated shall within thirty days unanimously select the fifth member.
On or before the September 30 next occurring, the reapportionment advisory commission shall submit a plan of reapportionment to the Common Council, which plan shall be based upon the population figures as reported in the most recent U.S. census. No plan shall be submitted to the Common Council unless it is certified by at least three members of the commission. Upon receiving the plan, the Common Council shall consider the plan in the same manner as an ordinance. The plan submitted to the Council is of an advisory nature only, and shall not be binding upon the Council.
If the reapportionment advisory commission falls to submit a plan by September 30, the Common Council shall prepare its own plan of reapportionment.
In any event, whether or not the reapportionment advisory commission submits a plan by September 30, the Common Council shall consider and adopt a plan of reapportionment by March 1 next occurring.

Section 2-5 TIED ELECTIONS.
When any regular or special municipal election, primary election or referendum conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Charter or of the General Statutes results in a tie, an adjourned election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the General Statutes, as amended.

Section 2-6 VACANCIES.
Except as otherwise provided in the Charter, any vacancy in any elective City office except the Board of Education, from whatever cause, shall be filled within 40 days by appointment by the Common Council for the unexpired portion of the term or until the next biennial municipal election, whichever shall be sooner, at which election the office shall filled for the remaining unexpired portion of the term, and such person shall take office the first Monday following his election. When the person vacating theoffice shall have been elected as a member of a political party, such vacancy, when filled by appointment, shall be filled by appointment of a member of the same political party.

Section 2-7 ELIGIBILITY.
No person shall be eligible for election to any City office who is not at the time of his election an elector of the City, and in the case of a member of the Common Council elected from a ward, a resident of the ward to be represented. Any person ceasing to be a resident elector of said City and/or ward where such residence is required for eligibility shall thereupon cease to hold elective office in the City or ward.

Section 2-8. THE TOWN CLERK.
The Town Clerk shall have all the powers and duties prescribed by the General Statutes, this Charter and such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Council. The Mayor shall appoint and may remove, subject to the merit system in effect in the City, all assistants and employees of the office. The Town Clerk's compensation shall be set by the Common Council and all fees collected shall be paid to the City.

Section 2-9 OATH OF OFFICE OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS.
All elective officers of said City shall be sworn or affirmed to the faithful discharge of their duties. The following oath shall be administered: "You ________________ having been elected _________ of the City of Danbury, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will faithfully discharge the duties of said office according to law, so help you God"; said oath may be administered by any duly constituted authority.