(A) The Council shall be composed of six (6) members elected from Obetz at large.
The four (4) members of Council under the general statutory plan of government for the Village of Obetz who were elected as a member of Council at the regular municipal election held in November 2009 are hereby designated as members of Council under this Charter to serve through December 31, 2013.
The two (2) persons who were elected as members of the Village Council under the Village statutory plan at the regular municipal election in 2007 are hereby designated as members of Council under this Charter to serve through December 31, 2011.
As used in this Section of the Charter, persons filling vacancies in Council offices of persons elected in 2007 or 2009 shall complete the unexpired term of the vacant Council seat to which they are appointed.
At the regular municipal election to be held in 2009 and each four (4) years thereafter, four (4) members of Council shall be elected for a four-year term of office. At the regular municipal election to be held in 2011 and each four (4) years thereafter, two (2) members of Council shall be elected for a four-year term of office. All terms of office of Council members shall commence on the first day of January next following their election.
(B) Members of Council shall have been residents of Obetz for at least one year at the time they file for office and during their term of office. Members of Council must be residents of Obetz during their entire term in office. Members of Council shall not hold any other elected public office or employment with Obetz 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 represent Obetz or to further intergovernmental cooperation, and may hold any office permitted by the Charter or the laws of Ohio.