Section 32. Meetings of Council.

   At five-thirty o'clock p.m. on the first business day of January following a regular City election, the Council shall meet at the usual place for holding meetings, at which time the newly elected Council members and the Mayor shall assume the duties of their respective offices. Thereafter, the Council shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution. The President of Council, or any seven (7) members thereof may call special meetings upon at least twenty-four (24) hours written notice to each member and the Mayor, served personally on each or left at such member's usual place of residence. Such notice shall state the subjects to be considered at the meeting, and no other subject shall be then considered.

   All meetings of the Council or committees thereof shall be conducted in accordance with the open public meeting laws of the State of Ohio. The Clerk of Council shall make all minutes and records of all meetings of Council accessible to any citizen at reasonable times.

(Amended by electors 11-3-92)

Section 32A. President of Council.

   At the organizational meeting on the first business day of January following each regular City election, the Council shall elect one of its members as President who shall serve as President at the pleasure of Council. The President shall preside at meetings of the Council, perform such duties as presiding officer as may be conferred upon him or her by Council, and shall prepare the agenda for the meetings of Council in consultation with the Mayor, or the Mayor's designated representative, and with the Clerk of Council. In the event of the death, removal, or resignation of the President of Council, the Council shall elect one of its members to fill the vacancy. If the President is temporarily disabled from performing the duties of President for any cause, the Council shall elect a President pro tempore to act during such disability.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 33. Officers and employees.

   The Council shall choose a Clerk and such other officers as are necessary, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Council. The Clerk and employees shall hold over until the new Council is organized.

Section 34. Duties of Clerk.

   The Clerk shall attend the Council as its secretary, shall keep its records, and make an annual report giving a summary of its proceedings, and shall perform such other duties as are given him or her by this Charter or which may be prescribed by ordinance.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 35. Rules.

   The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business, and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. It may punish or expel any member for disorderly conduct or violation of its rules No expulsion shall take place without the concurrence of two-thirds of all members elected, nor until the delinquent member shall have been notified of the charge against him or her, and shall have been given an opportunity to be heard.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 36. Qualifications-quorum.

   The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members. A majority of all the members elected shall be a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.

Section 37. Action by ordinance or resolution - yeas and nays.

   The action by the Council shall be by ordinance or resolution. On the passage of every ordinance or resolution, the vote shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays," and entered upon the journal, but this shall not apply to the ordering of an election, or the direction of the Council to any board or officer to furnish information.