Unless otherwise provided in this Charter or by Ordinance of City Council, the laws of the State of Ohio pertaining to conflicts of interest, criminal behavior, ethics and financial disclosure by municipal officials and employees, and campaign financing and other election practices of candidates for municipal office shall apply under this Charter.
No employee of the City shall solicit or contribute money to support the nomination or election of a candidate for the office of member of City Council. A candidate for the office of Member of City Council may solicit and contribute funds to his or her own campaign and to the campaign of any other candidate for the office of member of City Council. For purposes of this Charter section, a City Council member shall not be considered to be an “employee of the City.”
(Amended November 6, 2007.)