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Art. III, Sec. 8 CHARTER 10 The Clerk of Council shall keep a record of its proceedings in a journal in which the yea or nay vote of each Council member voting on every ordinance or resolution, and the action of Council on other measures, shall be recorded. The Council's journal shall be available for public inspection at all reasonable times. All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public unless an executive session is called pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code. (Amended 11-7-89.) (B) The Mayor, the President of Council, or any three members of Council may call special meetings of the Council upon at least twelve hours' notice to each member, served personally or left at the member's usual place of residence. SECTION 8. VACANCIES IN COUNCIL. Whenever the office of a member of Council shall become vacant, the vacancy shall be filled by the person who polled the next highest number of votes at the last regular municipal election for that seat on Council, providing that such vacancy occuned within one year of the prior election for such position. If that person is unqualified to serve or refuses to accept the position then the vacancy shall be filled by the person who polled the next highest number of votes at the last regular Municipal election for that seat on Council. This procedure shall continue through the list of candidates who sought election for that seat on Council at the last regular Municipal election until a qualified person accepts the vacant position. If, however, the list of candidates is exhausted and no qualified person accepts the vacant Council seat, or if there were no other candidates for that Council seat at the last regular Municipal election, then the vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of all of the remaining members of the Council; and if the vacancy shall not be so filled within thirty (30) days, the Mayor shall fill it by appointment. Each member of Council to fill a vacancy as provided herein shall hold office for the balance of the unexpired term or until the beginning of the term of a successor elected for the unexpired term as hereinafter provided. A successor shall be elected for the unexpired term at the next regular Municipal election if (a) such election shall occur more than two (2) years prior to the expiration of the unexpired term and (b) the vacancy shall have occurred more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to such election. (Amended 11-7-00. ) SECTION 9. POWERS AND DUTIES. All the legislative powers of the Municipality and all other powers as may be granted by this Charter, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution of the State of Ohio, together with all such powers as are now or may hereafter be granted by the Laws of Ohio to boards of control, municipal taxing commissions, boards of health, or any other municipal commission, board or body now or hereafter created, shall be vested in the Council, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. 2006 Replacement