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Any qualified elector who has been a resident of the City or of territory annexed thereto for a period of at least one year prior to the filing of his petition for election to the office of councilman, who is not the occupant of an incompatible office, shall be eligible to serve as a member of the Council. A council member who ceases to be a qualified resident elector or who accepts and enters upon the performance of the duties of an incompatible office, shall automatically vacate his office on the Council. A Council Member elected by a Ward who ceases to reside in that Ward, shall be deemed to vacate their office on the Council unless redistricting of the Wards causes the change. (Amended 11-7-17)
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)
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)
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)
All powers of the City not specifically vested in other offices by this Charter shall be vested in the Council, which shall determine all questions of general policy, by the enactment of ordinances or the adoption of resolutions, as herein provided. Among other powers the Council shall have authority to:
(1) Establish administrative departments, agencies, boards and commissions and define their duties and powers;
(2) Adopt the Municipal tax budget and the annual appropriation ordinance;
(3) Inquire into the conduct of any Municipal officer or employee in his performance of his public duties;
(4) Make investigations of any office, department or agency of the City government.
(5) Regulate and restrict the use of privately owned real estate in the interests of health, safety, morals, welfare and conveniences of the people by establishing zones, and limiting land use and building height and area.
(6) Adopt and approve plats of subdivisions within the corporate limits.
(7) Adopt and modify the official map of the City.
(8) Create a housing authority and provide for safe and sanitary housing for families of low income.
(9) Authorize the rehabilitation of blighted areas, in cooperation with Federal agencies, on recommendation of and according to plans prepared by the City Planning Commission.
(10) Enact ordinances establishing police, sanitary and other regulations contemplated by Article XVIII, Section 3 of the Ohio State Constitution.
(11) Employ a Certified Public Accountant to make an audit of the financial affairs of the City whenever such an audit is deemed necessary; provided, however, that such an annual audit shall be made within two months after the close of each fiscal year in which an audit has not been made under the authority of the Auditor of State.
(12) Authorize the levy of taxes and the issuance of bonds, as provided in this Charter.
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