(a) Qualifications.
(1) Only qualified electors of the City who have physically lived in the City for at least two (2) years immediately preceding the filing of a nominating petition or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be eligible to hold the office of Council member or Mayor.
(Charter 4.01)
(2) No member of the Council or the Mayor shall hold any other elective public office with Greene County, the State of Ohio or the United States, or any other office or employment that has been found to be incompatible with the position of Council member or Mayor by the Ohio Attorney General or the Ohio Ethics Commission, except where otherwise authorized by this Charter.
Statutory Reference: ORC 731.02
(Charter 4.01)
(3) No person who has pled guilty to a disqualifying offense, as the same is defined in ORC 2961.02, and whose plea is accepted by the court or any person against whom a verdict of finding of guilt for committing a disqualifying offense is returned is incompetent to hold the office of member of Council or the office of Mayor. This prohibition does not apply if a plea or verdict is reversed, expunged, or annulled or if the person is granted a full pardon.
Statutory reference: ORC 2961.02
(b) Successors. Every member of Council, including the Mayor, shall continue in office until his or her successor is elected or appointed and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the Ohio Constitution, the Xenia City Charter, or the Xenia City Code.
Statutory Reference: ORC 3.01
(Ord. 2021-23. Adopted 12/29/21)