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Special meetings of Council may be called, convened and conducted in accordance with the applicable statutes of the Revised Code of Ohio concerned with open public meetings and the ordinances and resolutions of the Council which are not in conflict therewith. Special meetings may be called by motion of the Council taken at any regular or special meeting thereof or shall be called by the Clerk upon the written request of the Mayor, or the President of Council, or of three (3) members of Council. Any such request shall state the time, place and date thereof and the subject or subjects to be considered at the meeting. Unless four (4) members in attendance concur, no other subject or subjects shall be considered. Notice in writing of each such special meeting called at the request of the Mayor, President of Council, or three (3) members of Council, shall be given to each member of the Council by serving the same on each of them personally or by leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of residence not less than twenty-four (24) hours preceding the date and hour of such meeting. Service of such notice may be waived in writing, either prior or subsequent to such meeting, and shall be deemed conclusively to have been waived by any member of Council or the Mayor who is present at such special meeting.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1976)
All meetings of Council, as the same are defined by the applicable statutes of the Revised Code of Ohio, shall be open public meetings, and formal action or a vote of Council shall be taken therein. Council may hold an executive session only at a regular or special meeting for the sole purpose of considering those matters which are specifically provided for by the applicable statutes of the Revised Code of Ohio concerning executive sessions of public bodies.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1976)
A majority of the members of Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Council, but a number less than a quorum may adjourn the meeting from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance, resolution or by rules of the Council. At any meeting at which a quorum is present, any action may be taken by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Council present, unless a larger number be required by the provisions of this Charter.
The Council may adopt, amend, and repeal rules, regulations and bylaws by a majority vote of the members thereof without the necessity of complying with the provisions required in this Charter for the adoption of ordinances or resolutions. Such rules may be waived or suspended upon a motion concurred in by a majority vote of the members of Council.
1. A vacancy shall be deemed to occur in the Council upon: the presentation of a written resignation to the Mayor or President of Council, which resignation shall be effective immediately unless a later time is specified therein; the death of a Councilman; the determination by the Council that a member of Council has failed to qualify within the period of time allowed by Section 4.01 of this Charter or has ceased to possess or has violated any of the qualifications of the office of Council member; or the removal of such Councilman as provided in Section 4.02 or Section 4.03 of this Charter.
2. Any vacancy in the Council shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Council, and the person chosen to fill a vacancy shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified, or appointed and qualified, as hereinafter provided.
3. The person chosen to fill such vacancy in the manner herein above provided in paragraph 2. of this Section shall serve for the unexpired term of that person whose resignation, death, failure to qualify or to maintain qualifications, or removal created such vacancy and until that person's successor is elected and qualified, upon the condition that such vacancy shall occur on or after the primary election day preceding the first regular Municipal election occurring within such unexpired term.
4. Otherwise, the person chosen to fill such vacancy in the manner herein above provided in paragraph 2. of this Section shall serve for the unexpired term of that person whose resignation, death, failure to qualify or to maintain qualifications, or removal created such vacancy and until that person's successor is elected and qualified, upon the conditions that such vacancy shall occur prior to the primary election day immediately preceding the first regular Municipal election within such unexpired term, and that the person so chosen to fill such vacancy is thereafter elected to complete such unexpired term at said regular Municipal election for which any qualified person may be nominated and elected by the filing of petitions containing the signatures of fifty (50) qualified electors of the Municipality with the appropriate Board of Elections not later than 4:00 P.M. of the ninetieth (90th) day before said regular Municipal election.
(Amended Nov. 8, 2016)
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