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Each member of Council shall have been a resident and qualified elector of the Municipality for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his/her election and shall continue to be a resident of the Municipality throughout his/her term of office. A member of Council shall not hold any other elected public office, and shall not have financial interest in any contract with the City, and no such member shall hold administrative public employment in the City, nor hold employment with the City of Kirtland during his/her term.
A Ward Councilperson shall reside within the voting ward he/she represents and shall continue to reside within the ward during his/her term. If, however, the boundaries of the wards are changed, and this action results in placing the residence of the Ward Councilperson outside the boundaries of the district he/she was elected to represent, he/she shall continue to represent the ward that elected him/her for the remainder of his/her term.
No member of Council for a period of one (1) year after the expiration of his/her term, shall have financial interest in any contract with the City, nor while in office be on a Council committee the purpose of which shall conflict or may tend to conflict with the personal or professional interests of such member. Any member of Council who shall cease to possess, or who violates, any of the qualifications herein enumerated may be removed from his/her office, but failure to maintain said qualifications shall not render void or ineffective any action of Council in which such member has participated unless declared void by two-thirds (2/3) of all the remaining members of Council.
(Amended 11-4-1980; 11-6-1990; 11-7-2000; 11-2-2010)
On the first day of December, in odd-numbered years, following the November election of Council members (or if such date be a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday) and on the first Monday of December of each even-numbered year, the Council shall meet in Council chambers for the purpose of organization. The Council shall adopt its own rules, regulations and/or bylaws otherwise provided in this Charter.
(Amended 11-3-1981; 11-6-1990; 11-2-2010)
The Council, at its yearly organizational meeting, shall choose one of its members as President of Council and another as President pro-tem, who shall preside at meetings of Council in the absence of the President of Council. The President of Council shall serve as such until a successor is chosen and shall have all the powers, duties, functions, obligations and rights of any other member of Council, including the right to vote; shall preside at all meetings of Council; and shall appoint the various committees of Council, coordinating the work of the various committees appointed by him/her.
(Amended 11-4-1980)
The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its own members. It may remove any member for gross misconduct, or malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in or disqualification for office, or for the conviction while in office of any felony or other crime involving moral turpitude, or if adjudicated legally incompetent, or for a violation of his/her oath of office, or persistent failure to abide by the rules of the Council; provided, however, that such removal shall not take place without the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the remaining members of Council nor until the accused member shall have been notified in writing of the charge against him/her at least ten (10) days in advance of a public hearing upon such charge, and he/she or his/her counsel has been given an opportunity to be heard, present evidence, or examine any witness appearing in support of the charge. The accused member shall not vote on the question of his/her removal.
(Amended 11-4-1980; 11-7-2000)
Any vacancy in the Council shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of Council for the unexpired term. If the vacancy is not filled within thirty (30) days after it shall have occurred, the Mayor shall fill it by appointment. A vacancy for ward Council member must be filled by a person residing in the ward where the vacancy exists.
(Amended 11-7-2000)
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