ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE AND EMPLOYMENT IN CITY: (November 4, 2014; November 3, 2020)
(a) No person shall hold any elective office of the City unless he was a resident of the City for at least two years immediately prior to, and was a registered elector on, the last day for filing petitions for such office or prior to the time of his appointment to fill a vacancy.
(b) The Municipal Judge shall, in addition, have the qualifications for that office hereinafter set forth in Chapter 17.
(c) No person shall be eligible for any elective or appointive City office who is in default to the City. The holding of office by any person who is in such default shall create a vacancy unless such default shall be eliminated within thirty days after written notice thereof by the Clerk upon the direction of the Council, or, unless the officer in good faith contests his liability for the default in a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction.
(d) Each member of a City board or commission created by, or pursuant to, this Charter shall have been a resident of the City for at least two years immediately prior to the date of his appointment and shall be a qualified and registered elector of the City on such day and throughout his tenure of office.
(e) The Council may, by ordinance, require residence in the City of Wayne as a condition of employment of full time appointive officers.
(f) TERM LIMITS - Beginning in 2014, no person shall be eligible for re-election as a Council Member or as Mayor if that person has previously served a total of sixteen (16) years or more in the position of Council Member or Mayor, or a combination of service as Council Member and Mayor.
VACANCIES IN OFFICE:
Any City office shall be declared vacant by the Council upon the occurrence of any of the following events before the expiration of the term of such office:
(a) For any reason specified by law as creating a vacancy in office;
(b) If the officer ceases to be a registered elector of the City;
(c) If no person is elected to, or qualifies for, the office at the election at which such office is to be filled;
(d) If the officer shall be found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of any act constituting a violation of the provisions of this Charter;
(e) If the officer shall absent himself continuously from the City for more than sixty consecutive days in any one calendar year without the permission of the Council;
(f) In the case of members of the Council, if such officer shall miss four consecutive regular meetings of the Council, unless such absences shall be excused by the Council and the reason therefor entered in the proceedings of the Council at the time of each absence, or upon missing twenty-five per cent of such meetings, whether or not excused;
(g) In the case of appointive boards and commissions, if such officer shall miss two consecutive regular meetings of such board or commission, or twenty-five per cent of such meetings in any fiscal year of the City, unless such absences shall be excused by such board or commission and the reason therefor entered in the proceedings of such board or commission at the time of each absence;
(h) If the officer is removed from office by the Council in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3.
REMOVALS FROM OFFICE:
Removals by the Council of elective officers or of members of boards or commissions shall be made for either of the following reasons:
(a) For any reason specified by law for removal of city officers by the Governor;
(b) Members of boards or commissions may be removed at the discretion of the Council. Such removal of such member of a board or commission shall only be made after ten days notice to the member affected, and action taken by the Council shall be at a regularly scheduled meeting. The member affected may be present and may be heard at said meeting.
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