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All persons who are appointees, employees or non-elected officials of the Municipality shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provisions shall have been made otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Charter. When such provisions shall have been made, the term of any such appointee, employee or non-elected official shall expire.
The powers which are conferred, and the duties which are imposed upon any appointee, employee or non-elected official, commission, board or department of the Municipality under the laws of the State of Ohio, shall, if such office or department is abolished by this Charter, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the officers, board or department upon whom are imposed corresponding functions, powers and duties hereunder.
Every elected official or officer of the Municipality shall, before entering upon the duties of such official's or officer's office, take an oath, or affirm, that such official or officer will, in all respects, faithfully discharge the duties of such official's or officer's office, that such official or officer will profess loyalty to the Constitution of the United States of America and to the Constitution of the State of Ohio, and that such official or officer will uphold this Charter and all of the laws of this Municipality.
(Amended 11-7-95)
(a) No more than five (5) years from the year in which the Charter was last reviewed, a Charter Review Commission consisting of nine (9) members and two (2) alternates all of whom must be electors of the City of Avon and holding no elective office with the City of Avon shall be selected pursuant to subsection (c). One (1) Alternate shall be designated “Alternate A” and the other as “Alternate B”. These alternates shall not be voting members of the Charter Review Commission unless called upon to fill in for an absent regular member. When such absence occurs causing a temporary vacancy to exist on the Commission, the Chairman will designate one (1) of the Alternates to fill in as a full voting member for that meeting only. The Chairman will rotate among the two (2) Alternates, beginning with Alternate “A”, each time there is a temporary absence. When a permanent vacancy exists on the Commission, an Alternate, beginning with Alternate “A”, will be designated to permanently fill the vacancy. If membership on the Charter Review Commission falls below seven (7) members after the installation of the two (2) Alternates, the Commission is deemed dissolved. Any items approved by the Commission prior to the dissolution will be submitted to City Council for presentation to the electors as hereinafter set forth in subsection (b).
(b) The Charter Review Commission and Alternates A and B, as selected by the Selection Committee in subsection (c), shall be seated by City Council on or before January 31 of that succeeding year. Should City Council fail to act prior to January 31, the Selection Committee's appointments will be deemed seated as of that date. The Commission shall meet the first Thursday in February, for a period not to exceed one hundred fifty (150) days. During this period, the Commission may recommend to Council such alterations, revisions and amendments, if any, to this Charter, as in its judgment are desirable. The Council shall submit to the electors not later than the next succeeding November election each such proposed alterations, revisions or amendments. The members appointed to said Commission, including alternates, shall serve without compensation. Meetings of the Charter Review Commission shall be open to the public.
(c) A permanent Charter Review Commission Selection Committee is hereby established to review all applicants to the Charter Review Commission and to select from those applicants individuals most appropriate for appointment to the Charter Review Commission. The Selection Committee shall consist of five (5) members. These members shall be as follows: the City’s Planning Commission Chairman, Board of Zoning and Building Appeals Chairman, two (2) members of City Council to be selected by City Council and the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee who shall not be an elected official. All applicants for positions on the Charter Review Commission must submit their applications on or before November 1st in the year preceding the seating of the Charter Review Commission. The Selection Committee shall inform Council, in writing, of their selections on or before the last regular meeting of Council of that same year. The Selection Committee must insure that all Wards within the City are represented. No more than one (1) member from the same immediate family (i.e., spouse, children, siblings) or household will be permitted to be seated on either the Selection Committee or the Charter Review Commission. The Selection Committee is encouraged to strive for balance with the goal of achieving as diverse a cross-section of the community as possible.
(Amended 11-7-95; 11-2-99; 11-2-04; 11-6-07; 11-6-12)
Neither Council nor Planning Commission shall act to widen the pavement on Detroit Road (also known as State Route 254 or North Ridge Road) in the City of Avon to more than thirty-six (36) feet, or to divide said pavement into more than three (3) lanes, or to use funds under the control of the City for such a widening or division, except at intersections and approaches to intersections with arterial or collector public streets.
(Enacted 11-4-03)