The elective officials of the Village shall be the Mayor and six (6) Council Members elected at large. Said officials shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided by law for the election of Village officials commencing on January 1, following their election as follows:
a. Commencing with the regular municipal election in 2009, the Mayor shall be elected for a term of four (4) years and every fourth year thereafter commencing on the first day of January next following such election, and shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
b. Commencing at the regular municipal election in 2017, Council Members shall be elected in a manner creating staggered terms of four (4) years. The terms of Council Members shall be staggered such that the three (3) individuals who receive the highest vote totals at the regular municipal election in 2017 shall be elected for a four (4) year term and every four years thereafter. The three (3) individuals who achieve the next three (3) highest vote totals (i.e., members receiving the fourth, fifth and sixth highest vote totals) in the regular municipalelection in 2017 shall serve a two (2) year term. At the regular municipal election in 2019, the three (3) individuals who receive the three (3) highest vote totals in that election shall be elected to four (4) year terms and every fourth year thereafter.
(Amended 11-5-68; 11-4-08; 5-5-09; 11-8-16; 11-2-21)
EDITORS’S NOTE: Sections 1A and 1B concerning the Clerk were repealed at the election of 11-2-21.
In the event that the Mayor-elect fails to take office on the date set for the commencement of their term by reason of death, resignation, failure to qualify or for any other reason whatsoever, there shall be deemed a vacancy in said office as of the date set for the commencement of the term for which such officer was elected.
During the existence of any such vacancy in the office of Mayor, pending the time when said vacancy is filled by a special Municipal election as hereinafter provided, the duties of the office of Mayor shall be discharged by the President Pro Tem of the newly elected Council.
(Amended 11-5-68; 5-5-09; 11-2-21)
Any vacancy in the Council shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of Council for the unexpired term by appointing the unsuccessful candidate who received the next highest vote total for Council at the most recent regular municipal election should that candidate still be eligible and is willing to accept the appointment. In the event of a tie vote of such unsuccessful candidates for Council, the Mayor shall determine by lot which of said candidates shall be elected. If the vacancy is not able to be filled by the foregoing procedure, the Council shall have thirty (30) days after it shall have occurred to fill the vacancy according to law, and if the vacancy is not filled within thirty (30) days after it shall have occurred, the Mayor shall fill it by appointment. If the vacancy occurs within ninety (90) days from the expiration of the term of the member of Council, the vacancy shall not be filled.
(Enacted 11-4-08)
A special Municipal election to fill the vacancy of the office of Mayor-elect shall be held on the first Tuesday after sixty days from the date on which said vacancy occurs. The person so elected at said special Municipal election shall assume the office to which he or she is elected immediately upon certification by the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County that he or she was elected and his or her qualification, and he or she shall serve the unexpired term of the vacant office to which he or she is elected.
The name of any qualified candidate for an office for which a special Municipal election is to be held shall be printed upon the ballot for such election when a petition conforming to the requirements of the general laws of the State of Ohio is filed with the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County at least forty days prior to the date of the special Municipal election.
Within five days of the occurrence of the vacancy as defined in Section 2 hereof, Council shall convene and officially cause written notice to be immediately delivered to the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County advising such Board of Elections of the existence of the vacancy and the need for a special Municipal election to be held pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.
The candidate receiving the largest number of votes for such office voted upon at a special Municipal election shall be declared elected to such office.
In the event of a tie, the election authorities shall determine by lot which of said candidates shall be elected.
(Amended 11-5-68; 5-5-09; 11-2-21)
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