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(d) The City Council shall appropriate amounts reasonably necessary for each Districting Commission to cany out its responsibilities.In addition to a districting master, each Districting Commission may retain legal and other consultants as may be appropriate to cany out the Commission's functions, consistent with the Commission's appropriation.Members of the Districting Commission shall notbe compensated. The Districting Commission shall elect a Chair from among its members. (e) In the event of an annexation effective at any time other than in 2020 or before, or in the second year following a federal decennial census up to the date a Districting Commission's district plan is adopted, the City Council shall, prior to the annexation, allocate the annexed area to the nearest Council district or districts, adjusting the boundaries as appropriate but not shifting any area already within the City from one Council district to another. The allocation of the annexed area into an existing district or among existing districts must be carried out in a fashion that will result in adjusted districts that continue to be consistent with applicable legal requirements for district boundaries. For all other annexations, district boundary adjustments shall be determined by the Districting Commission that would already have been appointed in ordinary course pursuant to subsection(b) of this section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except for the first year following a federal decennial census up to the date a Districting Commission's district plan is adopted in the second year following the same census, if the City Council determines that apportioning an annexed area among existing districts without shifting any area already within the City from one district to another will likely result in any district population that deviates from the mean by greater than 7.5%,then the City Council and the Mayor shall appoint an interim Districting Commission(which may be identical to the most recent Districting Commission)to adopt a revised districting plan with the assistance of a districting master, consistent with subsection(c) of this Section 2.1 Section 2.2 of the Charter,which reads as follows: Sec.2.2. Eligibility to Hold Elective Office. No person shall be eligible to hold elective office unless he or she shall have been a registered voter and resident of the City for a period of at least one (1) year next preceding his or her election. Residence and voting within the limits of any territory which has been included in, annexed to, or consolidated with the City is construed to have been residence within the City.A Mayor or Council member shall hold within the City government no other public office or employment.