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Article
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Legislative Authority |
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Section 2.01 Council:
All legislative powers of the Municipality shall be vested, subject to the
terms of this Charter and of the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio,
in an elected Council. |
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Section 2.02 Establishment of Wards:
Council shall subdivide the Municipality into wards equal in number to the
members of the legislative authority to be elected from wards. Such
subdivision shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures set forth in Ohio
Revised Code
§ 731.06
as presently codified or hereafter amended. |
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Section 2.03 Composition and Terms of Office:
The Council shall be composed of not fewer than seven
members, four of whom shall be elected by wards and three of whom shall be
elected by the electors of the Municipality at large. Pursuant to Ohio
Revised Code
§731.01, for the first twenty thousand inhabitants of the
Municipality, in addition to the original five thousand, there shall be two
additional Council members elected by wards, and for every fifteen thousands
inhabitants thereafter there shall be one additional member similarly
elected. The total number of members of Council shall not exceed
seventeen.
Members of council shall
be elected for a term of two years, commencing the first day of January next
after the election and serving until their successors are elected and
qualified.
The electors of the
Municipality may , by affirmative vote, change the term of office for
council members to four years and, if the terms of office are so changed,
institute staggered terms of office. Any such change in the terms of
office shall be accomplished pursuant to the procedures set forth in Ohio
Revised Code
§ 731.03 as presently codified or hereafter amended. |
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Section 2.04 Qualifications:
The qualifications of council members shall be governed
by Ohio Revised Code
§§ 731.02 and
731.44 as presently codified or hereafter
amended. Council members at large shall be electors of the
Municipality and council members from wards shall be electors of the
Municipality who have resided in their respective wards for a continuous
period of not less than one year preceding the election. Council
members shall not hold any other public office, except that of a notary
public or a member of the state militia, and shall neither be interested in
any contract with the Municipality nor hold employment with the
Municipality. A council member who ceases to possess any of these
qualification, who removes from his or her ward, if elected from a ward, or
from the Municipality, if elected at large, shall forfeit his or her office.
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Section 2.05 Vacancies:
All vacancies in the office of a council member shall be filled pursuant to
the procedures set forth in Ohio Revised Code § 731.43 as presently codified
or hereafter amended . |
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Section 2.06 Compensation of
Council Members:
Compensation of council members shall be set by ordinance, subject to the
Constitution and general laws of the State of Ohio now or hereafter in
effect. |
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Section 2.07 Meetings of Council:
The requirements of quorum, regular meetings, and special meetings shall be
governed by Ohio Revised Code
§§ 731.44
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731.46 as presently codified or
hereafter amended. Council shall conduct "open" meetings in accordance
with Ohio Revised Code § 121.22 as presently codified or hereafter amended.
Council shall maintain a
journal in accordance with Ohio Revised Code
§ 731.45 as presently codified
or hereafter amended and shall have the power to establish its own rules and
to punish or expel members in accordance with Ohio Revised Code
§ 731.45 as
presently codified or hereafter amended. |
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Section 2.08 Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Council Members:
Council and its members shall possess all powers, duties and liabilities
afforded to city councils and city council members under Ohio Revised Code
§
731 as presently codified or hereafter amended and the Constitution and
general laws of the State of Ohio now or hereafter in effect. |
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Section 2.09 Procedure for Enacting Ordinances and Resolutions:
Council procedures for making motions and enacting ordinances and
resolutions shall be governed by Ohio Revised Code
§§ 731.18- 731.27 as presently codified or hereafter amended and the
Constitution and general laws of the State of Ohio now or hereafter in
effect. Council shall have the power to enact emergency legislation in
accordance with Ohio Revised Code
§ 731.10
as presently codified or
hereafter amended and the Constitution and general laws of the State of Ohio
now or hereafter in effect. |
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Section 2.10 Officers of Legislative Authority:
ln accordance with the procedures set forth in Ohio Revised Code
§ 731.04
as
presently codified or hereafter amended and the Constitution and general
laws of the State of Ohio now or hereafter in effect, Council shall elect a
president pro tempore, a clerk and such other employees as are necessary. |
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Bernard |