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A. Wards. The City shall, by this Charter, be divided into five (5) wards, and one (1) Councilmember shall be elected from each ward, and two (2) Councilmembers elected from the City at large. Based upon a change due to annexation or a change in population, Ward boundaries shall be redrawn by the Districting Commission in accordance with U.S. Census data revised each decade to reflect approximately equal population across the wards. The Districting Commission shall convene and make its report to Council within one (1) year of receipt by the City of final census data.
B. Districting Commission. The Council shall appoint five (5) qualified voters, one from each ward of the City, determined from the registration from the last general election, who shall comprise the Districting Commission. The voters chosen shall not be employed by the City in any other capacity.
The Districting Commission shall file with the Clerk of Council a report containing a recommended plan for adjustment of the Council ward boundaries to comply with the specifications within this Section.
C. Procedure. The procedure for the Council's consideration of the report shall be the same as for other ordinances. It must include both the map and description of the recommended wards. Council may amend or delete the report so submitted, in whole or in part, by a majority vote of Councilmembers so long as the above specifications are complied with.
D. Effect of enactment. The Council shall adopt the ordinance as recommended or amended at least one hundred and eighty (180) days before the next regular municipal election. The new Council wards and boundaries, as of the date of enactment, shall supersede previous Council wards and boundaries, for all purposes of the next election. The new wards and boundaries shall supersede previous wards and boundaries for all other purposes as of the date on which all Councilmembers elected at that regular election take office.
(Amended November 3, 1981; November 5, 1985; November 6, 2018; November 7, 2023.)
In addition to the qualifications contained in Section 8.04, a Councilmember elected to represent a ward, shall have been for at least one (1) year immediately prior to the date of the Councilmember's election, and during the Councilmember's term of office shall continue to be a resident of the ward from which the Councilmember was elected or a resident of the territory annexed thereto or a resident of the territory affected by redistricting. Whenever ward boundaries become amended, the same shall take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, however, no Councilmember shall be displaced thereby and such Councilmember shall continue to serve the original ward district from which the Councilmember was elected until the expiration of the Councilmember's term in office.
Any sitting Councilmember, who has two (2) or more years left on their current term, shall be prohibited from running for a different Council seat without first resigning his/her current seat on Council. Such resignation shall take place prior to the Councilmember filing petitions with the Board of Elections for the new Council seat.
(Amended November 4, 1980; November 6, 2018)
Council, at its first regular meeting in December of each calendar year, shall elect one of its members as President of Council for a term of one year upon concurrence of a majority of members elected or appointed to Council.
At the same meeting, Council shall elect a Vice President of Council for a term of one year upon the concurrence of a majority of the members elected or appointed.
(Amended November 7, 1995; November 6, 2018)
Any vacancy in the Office of Councilmember, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, shall be filled by appointment by a majority vote of the remaining members of Council. If any such vacancy in the Office of Councilmember is not filled within thirty (30) days, the Mayor shall fill such vacancy by appointment of a person qualified under the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Charter.
The appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term of the member in whose office the vacancy occurred or until a successor to such vacant office is elected and qualified as required by this Charter. No person who resigns or is removed from the Office of Councilmember shall be reappointed for the balance of the term of office from which the member resigns or is removed.
A successor to the vacated council seat shall be elected by the electors of the Municipality in the event the vacancy occurs in the Office of Councilmember at Large, or by the electors of the ward in the event the vacancy occurs in the Office of Ward Councilmember, at the next regular Municipal election for such seat provided that:
1. Such election occurs more than two (2) years prior to the expiration of the term of the office vacated; and
2. Such vacancy occurs more than sixty (60) days prior to such election.
(Amended November 7, 2000; November 6, 2018)
All meetings of Council shall be open to the public and in accordance with Section 121.22 Revised Code of the State of Ohio.
A. Regular Meetings. At the first regular meeting of Council in December of each calendar year, the Council shall convene and organize at the Council Chambers of the City. Thereafter, the Council shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, regulations or by ordinance except that it shall hold regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month providing that when a regular meeting date falls on a holiday or holiday eve Council or, due to other extenuating circumstances, may, by motion, reschedule such meeting date. Meetings shall commence as close as possible to published starting time. After the first meeting in July, the Council shall not be required to hold another meeting until the last scheduled meeting in August. (Amended November 6, 2001
B. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Council may be called in accordance with and as provided for by the rules, regulations or bylaws adopted by the Council. In absence of such provisions, special meetings may be called by a vote of the Council taken at any regular or special meeting thereof, or shall be called by the Clerk of Council upon written request of the Mayor, or three (3) members of Council. Any such request shall state the time, place and date thereof, and the subject or subjects to be considered at the meeting, and no other subject or subjects shall be considered thereat. Notice in writing of each such special meeting called at the request of the Mayor, or the three (3) members of Council, shall be given to each member of Council and the Mayor, by serving on each of them personally or by electronic mail at their e-mail address(s) provided to the Clerk for City Council business, not less than twelve (12) hours preceding the date and hour of such meeting. Service of such notice may be waived in writing.
(Amended November 7, 2000; November 6, 2018)
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