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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...

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 ...

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.)

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...

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...

  (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...

(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...

 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...

  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...

   (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...

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...

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...

Should Council fail to act, within thirty (30) days, on any appointment made by the Mayor which required legislative concurrence by this Charter, then the appointment shall become effective.

Council shall fix its own compensation and that of each employee of the Municipality, including officers and members of any board or commission of the Municipality whether elected, appointed or chosen, and shall establish bond for the faithful discharge of the...

Council shall organize itself and may prescribe by its own rules, regulations, ordinances and resolutions the times and places of its regular meetings. Council shall, however, hold a regular meeting at least two times a month except that it may by rule provide...

Five voting members of Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of Council. When one or more vacancies exists in the membership of Council, four (4) voting members shall constitute a quorum. A lessor number may adjourn t...

(a)    Rules and Journal of Council. Council shall adopt its own rules and procedures and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. (Adopted 11-7-61)    (b)    Clerk of Council. Council shall appoint, and may remove, a Clerk of Council and such other employees ...

 (a)    Each ordinance or resolution providing for the appropriation of money or for an annual tax levy, or for improvements petitioned for by the owners of property to be benefitted and specially assessed therefor, and any emergency ordinance or resolution ne...