Each member of Council shall have been a resident and qualified elector of the Municipality for at least two (2) continuous years before the day of his or her election or appointment, and shall continue to be a resident of the Municipality throughout his or her term.
A member of Council shall not hold any other elected public office, or hold any other public office in this Municipality except that of a member of the Volunteer Fire Department, a member of the Emergency Medical Technician Unit of the Fire Department, a notary public, a member of the State Militia or Reserve Corps of the United States, unless otherwise provided by this Charter. Any member of Council who shall cease to possess any of the qualifications enumerated herein shall forfeit his or her office, but failure to maintain such qualifications shall not render void or ineffective any action of Council in which such member has participated.
Family members are prohibited from concurrently serving on Woodmere Village Council. Or as Mayor if a family member is on Council. Further, the Administration is prohibited from hiring or appointing family members. "Family members" include the following relatives. regardless of where they reside: (1) spouse; (2) children (whether dependent or not); (3) siblings; (4) grandparents; (5) parents; (6) brothers and sisters and (7) grandchildren. It also includes any other person related by blood or by marriage and living in the same household.
No member of Council shall be allowed to vote on any contract, job, work or service for which moneys of the Municipality are or will be expended in which he or she or a family member (as defined in the previous paragraph) has a vested interest.
(Amended May 4, 1993; November 8, 2022)