(A) There is hereby created a Charter Review Commission consisting of nine members who are electors of the City to be elected from the City at large, beginning with the November, 1989 election, and each ten years thereafter. Members of the Commission shall be electors of the City and shall be nominated by petitions filed with the election authorities at least ninety days prior to the election. The election shall be by a non-partisan ballot. At least one hundred twenty days prior to the election, the Mayor shall cause a notice that petitions may be taken out for election as a member of the Charter Review Commission to be posted on the City's website and to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, if there is such a newspaper, and otherwise in a newspaper determined by the Mayor to be of circulation in the City. The Mayor may also cause such notice to be given on other electronic platforms as deemed appropriate. Officers and employees of the City shall not be eligible to become candidates for and serve as members of the Charter Review Commission. Members of the Charter Review Commission shall not receive compensation.
(Amended 11-6-01; 11-2-21)
(B) The Charter Review Commission shall review the provisions of this Charter and the operations of the City, and shall report its recommendations, if any, for amendments to this Charter to the Council no later than nineteen months after its election. The Council shall submit to the electors of the City, in accordance with the provisions of the Ohio Constitution, those amendments to this Charter which are recommended by the Charter Review Commission and approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of Council. The Council shall appropriate funds to the Commission to permit it to carry out its powers, duties and functions; including but not limited to, amounts required to pay any employees, consultants or special legal counsel selected by the Commission. The Council is hereby placed under a mandatory duty to comply with this Division, and shall act by ordinance or resolution, which ordinances or resolutions shall be effective immediately, shall not be subject to veto by the Mayor, and shall not be subject to initiative or referendum by the electors.
(Amended 11-5-91).
(C) Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Charter Review Commission shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor, subject to approval by the Council by a majority vote of its members. The Charter Review Commission shall provide for its own rules of procedure and shall select its own officers.
(D) In addition to the Charter Review Commission that is to be elected under Division (A) of this Section, the Council may, by a three-fourth vote of its members, call a special election for the election of a Charter Review Commission at any other time. The provisions of Divisions (A), (B), (C) and (E) of this Section shall, to the extent appropriate, apply to such specially elected Charter Review Commission.
(E) This Section shall not abridge the right of the Council or the people of the City to submit proposed amendments to this Charter in the manner provided by the Ohio Constitution.