The Mayor shall have been for at least two (2) years prior to the date of his or her election, and during his or her term of office shall be, a continuous resident and qualified elector of this Municipality, or territory annexed thereto, and shall have attained the age of 23 years prior to the date of his or her election.
In addition, within five (5) days of filing a petition for the nomination of a candidate or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate in any election, all candidates for mayor shall complete and file with the Council Clerk a criminal conviction disclosure form. The form shall require each candidate to identify and describe any misdemeanor theft or any felony conviction (or expungement of either) he or she has had in their life, if any. The form shall be prepared and available through the Mayor’s office. The completed form shall be open to public inspection. Failure to timely complete and file the form or false, inaccurate, or misleading information contained in the completed form shall prohibit a candidate from being placed on the ballot for Mayor.
Until the commencement of the Mayor’s term of office after the regular municipal election of 2019, the Mayor shall serve fulltime, with an annual salary of 1% more than the highest paid department head, excluding the Law Director, set at the beginning of each term, with benefits and three weeks’ vacation per year. The Mayor shall be permitted to carry over no more than one (1) week of unused vacation per year and shall be prohibited from cashing out any unused vacation time.
Effective as of the Mayor’s term of office commencing after the regular municipal election of 2019, the Mayor shall be considered a full time employee eligible for all fringe benefits to the same extent available to other full time non-bargaining employees. The Mayor shall engage in no other remunerative employment requiring his or her time or attendance during normal business hours, and shall account for his or her time in the same manner as other full-time employees. The Mayor’s salary shall be established pursuant to Section 4.15 of this Charter in each year in which the Mayor is elected, at six percent (6%) more than the then-highest salary authorized by the Council for a full time department director, except the Law Director, and the Mayor’s salary shall not thereafter be changed during the Mayor’s term of office commencing in that year.
The Mayor shall hold no other elective public office. He or she shall not be otherwise employed by, nor shall he or she hold any other office in, this Municipality, except as an ex officio, non-voting member of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and, until Council provides otherwise, Director of Public Safety. He or she may be a member of the Ohio National Guard or the Reserve Corps of the United States of America.
(Amended 11-7-17.)