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CHARTER FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Sheffield Lake Charter was originally adopted on November 7, 1961, and became effective January 1, 1962. Dates appearing in parentheses following a section heading indicate that those provisions were subsequently adopted, amended or repea...
Preamble
We, the people of the Municipality of Sheffield Lake, County of Lorain and State of Ohio, in order to secure ourselves the benefits of Municipal Home Rule and to exercise all the powers of local self-government under the Constitution and Laws of the State of O...
ARTICLE I
NAME AND BOUNDARIES
SECTION 1. ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT.
The Municipal Corporation now existing and now known as the City of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, hereafter in this Charter called the "Municipality", shall continue to be a body politic and corporate under the same name and with the same boundaries, with power and au...
ARTICLE II
MUNICIPAL POWERS
SECTION 1. MANNER OF EXERCISE.
The Municipality shall have all powers of local self-government now and hereafter granted to Municipalities by the Constitution of the State of Ohio, and such further powers as are now or hereafter granted by the laws of the State of Ohio; and all such powers ...
ARTICLE III
THE MAYOR
SECTION 1. TERM.
The Mayor shall be elected at the regular municipal elections, held in the year 1963 and every four years thereafter, for a term of four (4) years commencing on January 1 following the general election. (Amended 11-7-06.)
SECTION 2. QUALIFICATIONS.
The Mayor shall have been a qualified elector and a resident of the Municipality for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his election, and shall continue to be a qualified elector and resident during his term of office. He shall not hold any other publ...
SECTION 3. REMOVAL
If at any time the Mayor shall cease to possess any of the aforesaid qualifications of office, or shall be declared legally incompetent, or to be determined by a majority vote of Council to be guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, it sha...
SECTION 4. VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF MAYOR.
(a) Absence. When the Mayor is absent or inaccessible or is unable, for any cause or reason to perform his duties, the President of Council shall become the Acting Mayor, but he shall not thereby cease to be President of Council. (b) Absence of Pre...
SECTION 5. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE MAYOR.
(a) Executive Powers. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the Municipality. He shall supervise the administration of the Municipality's affairs and shall exercise control over all departments and divisions, except those reserved by this Charte...
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 power of the Municipality shall be vested in a Council of eight (8) members; four (4) of whom shall be elected by the respective wards, three (3) of whom shall be el...
SECTION 2. QUALIFICATIONS.
No person shall be eligible to be a member of Council unless he shall have been continuously a resident and qualified elector for two (2) years in the Municipality. Any member of Council elected or appointed from a particular ward shall, in addition, have be...
SECTION 3. PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL.
(a) Duties. The President of Council shall preside at all meetings of Council and shall appoint all committees of Council. He shall co-ordinate the activities and work of the various committees of Council. As President of Council he shall have all the...
SECTION 4. REMOVAL.
Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its own members including the President of Council. Council may, by vote of two-thirds (2/3) of its members including the President of Council, expel or remove any member for gross misconduct, mi...
SECTION 5. VACANCIES.
Should any office of Councilman become vacant, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the remaining members of Council, voted and discussed in open meetings. Should the Council fail to fill the vacancy within sixty (60) days, th...