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Ordinance No. 2005 -27 SECTION]. Pursuant to Article XVIII, Sections 9 of the Ohio Constitution, and Article XII of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted, this Council authorizes and directs that the following proposal to amend the Charter of the City of North Olmsted be submitted to the electors of the City of North Olmsted at a special election to be held at the usual places of voting in the City on Tuesday, November 8, 2005: That Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Article N, and Sections 2 and 4 of Article IX, of the Charter be amended to provide for the President of Council to be appointed by a majority vote of the members of Council, as follows:: "ARTICLE IV THE COUNCIL SEC. 1. NUMBER AND TERMS. All legislative powers of this City, except as otherwise provided by this Charter and by the Constitution of the State of Ohio, shall be vested in a Council of seven (7) members, four (4) of whom shall be elected by the several wards and three (3) of whom shall be elected at large. Commencing with the regular municipal election in the year 1977 and every fourth year thereafter, the President of Counei four (4) members of Council elected from the several wards shall be elected for a term of four (4) years. Said members of Council so elected and the President of Gauneil shall assume office on the first day of January next following their election. Commencing with the regular municipal election in the year 1979 and every fourth year thereafter, the three (3) members of Council elected at large shall be elected for a term of four (4) years. Said members of Council so elected shall assume office on the first day of January next following their election. SEC. 2. QUALIFICATIONS. No person shall be eligible to be a member of Council unless he shall have been a resident for at least two years immediately prior to the date of his election and during his term of office shall continue to be a resident of the City of North Olmsted and a qualified elector thereof. In addition, no person shall be eligible to serve as a ward Councilman unless he shall have been a resident of the ward from which he is elected at least one year immediately prior to the date of his election. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, no member of Council shall hold any other municipal office or employment by the City of North Olmsted. A member of Council shall not directly or indirectly solicit, contract for, receive, or be interested in any profit or emolument from or on account of any contract, job, work, or service with or for the City. Any member of Council who ceases to possess any such qualification, or moves from his ward, if elected from a ward, or from the City, if elected from the City at large, shall forfeit his office. 2