During the month of January, 1971, and each five (5) years thereafter, the Mayor and Council shall appoint a commission of nine (9) qualified electors of the City, holding no other office or appointment in this Municipality, as members of a Charter Review Commission. The President of Council shall appoint two (2) alternates who will attend all meetings but will have no vote. In the event one (1) or more of the nine (9) qualified electors, for any reason, can no longer continue to serve as a member of the Charter Review Commission, or in the event the remaining Charter Review Commission by majority vote declares a vacancy on the Charter Review Commission, for any reason, one (1) or both of the alternates shall be selected to become a member of the Charter Review Commission with all the same rights and duties as any other member. The members shall be sworn in at the first regular Council meeting in the month of February and shall conclude their business six (6) months after this date. The Mayor shall appoint two (2) members and each Councilperson shall appoint one (1) member from his or her district. A Chairperson shall be elected from among the members of the Commission. Such Commission shall review the City Charter and within six (6) calendar months after the appointment thereof, recommend to Council revisions and amendments to this Charter, if any, as two-thirds (2/3) of all of them deem desirable. The Council shall forthwith submit to the electors any such revisions and amendments of this Charter in the manner provided in Section 1 hereof for the submission of such measures to the vote of the people by the Council. The revisions of and amendments to this Charter submitted by the Commission to the Council, shall be first submitted to the Director of Law for the purpose of harmonizing the intention of said Commission with the Constitution of Ohio.
A clerk shall be supplied by the City to the Commission if requested. A secretary shall be elected from among the members of the Commission, and he or she or his or her duly qualified successor shall certify that each measure submitted as a revision or amendment to this Charter, has received the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all members of said Commission. The Commission shall determine by a majority vote of all members thereof, whether the measures submitted as revisions of and amendments to this Charter shall be submitted as individual measures or collectively to a vote of the people.
(Adopted November 2, 1976; Amended November 7, 2006)