ARTICLE IV
THE COUNCIL
SECTION 1. POWERS, ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE.
Except as reserved by the Constitution of the State of Ohio and this Charter, the legislative po...
SECTION 2. QUALIFICATIONS.
No person shall be eligible to be a member of Council unless he shall have been continuously a ...
SECTION 3. PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL.
(a) Duties. The President of Council shall preside at all meetings of Council and shall app...
SECTION 4. REMOVAL.
Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its own members including the Pr...
SECTION 5. VACANCIES.
Should any office of Councilman become vacant, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by two-...
SECTION 6. APPOINTMENTS.
Should Council fail to act, within thirty (30) days, on any appointment made by the Mayor which r...
SECTION 7. SALARIES AND BONDS.
Council shall fix its own compensation and that of each employee of the Municipality, including o...
SECTION 8. MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
Council shall organize itself and may prescribe by its own rules, regulations, ordinances and res...
SECTION 9. QUORUM.
Five voting members of Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any m...
SECTION 10. GENERAL LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) Rules and Journal of Council. Council shall adopt its own rules and procedures and shall k...
SECTION 11. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
(a) Each ordinance or resolution providing for the appropriation of money or for an annual ta...
SECTION 12. ENACTMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.
The Council may provide by ordinance for the procedure for the passage and amendment of any zonin...
SECTION 13. ENACTMENT OF MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
The Council shall not adopt any ordinance or resolution changing the Municipal income tax rate fo...