§11.02   QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS.

   (A)   All elected officials and members of boards and commissions shall be qualified electors of the City at the time they file for office or are appointed and during their term of office. The Mayor and members of Council shall also have been qualified electors of the City for a continuous period of at least one year immediately prior to the date they file for office or are appointed. Members of the Council elected from wards shall be residents of the ward for a continuous period of at least one year immediately prior to the date they file for office or are appointed during their term of office.

   (B)   Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, elected officials and members of boards and commissions shall not hold any other public office during their term of office, except they may, during their term, hold office in political parties or be delegates to political party conventions, serve as a notary public, serve as a member or officer in the military reserve or national guard, serve in any office, positions or capacity to further intergovernmental cooperation, and may hold any office or position expressly permitted by this Charter or the laws of Ohio. Elected officials and members of boards and commissions shall not hold a position as an employee of the City during his or her term of office. Additionally, candidates for the office of Mayor or member of Council shall not hold a position as an employee of the City during the period beginning on the date they file for office and continuing until after the official results of the election have been certified by the election authorities or, if elected, continuing until their term of office begins. A member of Council shall not hold any compensated appointive office or employment with the City until one year after he or she vacates the office of Council member. The Mayor shall not hold any compensated appointive office or employment with the City until one year after he or she vacates the office of Mayor, except that this prohibition shall not apply to the person who held the office of Mayor immediately prior to the effective date of this Charter.

(Amended 11-7-00.)