(A) The Council shall consist of seven members to be elected from the Municipality at large, to serve overlapping four year terms of office. The term of members of the Council shall commence on the first day of January of the year following their election.
(B) The six persons holding the office of member of Council on January 1, 1981, who were elected or appointed under the general statutory village plan of government, are hereby designated as members of the Council under this Charter, to exercise the powers, duties and functions of members of Council pursuant to this Charter; and such persons shall continue in office exercising powers, duties and functions pursuant to this Charter until the term for which they were elected or appointed under the general statutory village plan of government shall expire. No later than January 15, 1981, the Council shall elect, by a vote of at least four members, a qualified person as the seventh member of Council, to serve for a term ending on December 31, 1981. At the regular municipal election to be held in November of 1981, four members of the Council shall be elected for four year terms of office and one member shall be elected for a two year term of office. At the regular municipal election to be held in November of 1983, three members of the Council shall be elected for four year terms of office. Thereafter, all members of Council shall be elected for four year terms of office, except those members elected to fill vacancies pursuant to Section 3.08 of this Charter.
(C) Members of the Council shall be electors of the Municipality at the time they file for office and during their term of office. Members of the Council shall not:
(1) Hold any other public office during a term, except they may hold office in a political party or be a delegate to a political party convention, serve as a notary public, serve as a member or officer in the military reserve or national guard, serve in any office, position or capacity to further intergovernmental cooperation, and may hold any office permitted by this Charter or the laws of Ohio;
(2) Hold any compensated position of employment with the Municipality while serving as a member of the Council unless permitted by this Charter or the laws of Ohio;
(3) Hold any compensated appointive office or position of employment with the Municipality for a period of one year after the expiration of the term to which they were elected or appointed, unless permitted by this Charter or the laws of Ohio.
As used in this Division (C) of this Section of the Charter, "public office," "appointive office" and "position of employment" shall not include holding an office or membership in a volunteer fire department or volunteer fire protection agency; and members of the Council may be officers or members in a volunteer fire department or volunteer fire protection agency, but they shall not receive any additional compensation for service in any such volunteer department or agency that provides fire protection services to the Municipality. As used in this Division (C) of this Section of the Charter, the Council may, by ordinance or resolution, define the words "volunteer fire department" and "volunteer fire protection agency."