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Anyone who has not properly filed a petition for the appropriate primary election as provided for in this Charter,shall be ineligible as a designated candidate in the regular municipal election 3. Article IV, Section 2,The Council Qualifications. The Commission by unanimous vote recommends to Council that the Charter be amended at Article IV, Section 2 to establish definite residency qualifications for the appointment and the election of ward council persons results from redistricting. The change in language shall be substantially as follows: Section 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/her election or appointment and during his/her 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 Councilperson 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/her election or appointment. The one year ward residency requirement shall be deemed satisfied for any person redistricted to another ward as a result of the redistricting.process set forth in Article IX,Nominations and Elections, Sec 5,provided that person has maintained the same residence location, regardless of ward designation,one year immediately prior to his/her election or appointment in the new ward. 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/her ward, if elected from a ward, or from the City,if elected from the City at large, shall forfeit his/her office. The provisions of this section governing the qualifications of members of Council shall be equally applicable to the President of Council" 4. Article VII, Boards and Commissions. Section 1 of Board of Building Code Appeals and Sec. 4,Board of Zoning Appeals. The Commission unanimously recommends to Council that the Board of Building Code Appeals and the Board of Zoning Appeals be merged to promote a more efficient appeal process further. In order to implement this change,Article VII, Sec I Board of Building Code Appeals and Sec 4 Board of Zoning Appeals will be repealed and replaced with a new Section 1 entitled Building and Zoning Board of Appeals, which shall read substantially as follows: