Each elective officer of the Municipality shall be a qualified elector of the Municipality, shall have resided continuously therein not less than two years next preceding such officer's election and shall continue to reside therein during such officer's term of office. Any person eligible to be a member of Council shall not have a family member holding an elected office for the Village of Highland Hills nor have a family member nominated for and/or appointed to an elected office in the Village of Highland Hills. For this section, “family” is consanguinity or affinity of the second degree which includes spouse, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, and grandchildren. Each elected official shall hold no other elective public office during such officer's term, neither shall such officer hold any other public employment incompatible with elective office in this Municipality during such term except as otherwise provided in this Charter, and further excepting the office of notary public and membership in the militia or reserve corps. The Council shall determine whether any public employment is incompatible with an elective office in this Municipality.
No officer of this Municipality, elective or otherwise, shall have a financial interest in any contract with or expenditures of money by this Municipality other than such office's fixed compensation and for expenses of travel provided in Section 3 of Article IX. Such interests shall disqualify such officer from holding office, in addition to the other penalties provided by law.
Every officer of this Municipality shall, before assuming the duties of any office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Ohio and faithfully, honestly and impartially to discharge the duties of the office, and shall give such bond as may be required by Council.
(Amended 11-2-10)