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SECTION 2.03 VACANCIES.
   Vacancies in the office of Council members shall be filled by the selection of a person qualified as provided in Section 2.02 of this Charter, by the remaining members of the Council within sixty (60) days of the date of vacancy. If they do not do so, the vacancy shall be filled by Mayoral appointment. If the vacancy occurs in the representation of a ward, the vacancy shall be filled by the selection of a resident of the same ward. The Council member so selected to fill a vacancy shall serve until the next regular Municipal election occurring not less than ninety (90) days after his selection, when a successor shall be chosen by the voters for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any, if not, for a full term.
(Amended 11-2-82)
SECTION 2.04 SALARY.
   Council members shall receive an annual salary. The Council may, by ordinance, provide a different rate of salary for Council members; however, no increase in salary may be paid to any Council member during the term which he is serving at the time the increase is voted, and no ordinance providing for a salary increase may be declared an emergency ordinance. Such an ordinance shall be passed and published at least sixty days prior to a City election in order to be effective for the following term. (Amended 11-7-17)
SECTION 2.05 BEGINNING OF TERM, MEETINGS, OFFICERS.
   All elected City officials shall take office on the second day of January following regular municipal election. Newly elected members shall take the oath of office and the Council shall elect from its own number a president of Council to preside over its sessions and to serve as mayor in the event of the latter's death or disability. The Council shall also elect at its organization meeting, a clerk, who shall perform such duties as the Council may prescribe and shall receive such compensation for his services as may be provided by ordinance. The Clerk shall not be a member of the Council. Thereafter meetings shall be held regularly at a time prescribed by the Council rules, but not less frequently than once each month. All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public except for those exemptions set forth in the Ohio Revised Code and approved by two-thirds vote of all of the members of Council.(Amended 11-6-62; Amended 11-7-17)
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