[R.O. 2012 §125.030; CC 1979 §8-2; Ord. No. 216 §1, 1-17-1917; Ord. No. A-529 §1, 3-5-1940]
On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April,
1918, and every four (4) years thereafter there shall be elected a
Mayor and two (2) Commissioners, who shall hold their offices for
a term of four (4) years or until their successors have been elected
and qualified. If any vacancy occurs in any such office, the remaining
members of the Council shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy
during the balance of the unexpired term.
[Ord. No. 8381 §2, 9-24-2015]
All candidates for Mayor or Commissioner shall appear on the
ballot for the general election. The candidate receiving the highest
number of votes for Mayor in the general election shall be the person
elected to the office. The two (2) candidates receiving the highest
number of votes for Commissioner in the general election shall be
the persons elected to those offices. No person may file for the offices
of both Mayor and Commissioner in the same election.
[R.O. 2012 §125.040; CC 1979 §8-3; Ord. No. 216 §18, 1-17-1917]
In all matters not specifically mentioned in this Chapter, the
general election laws of the State shall govern and be the laws of
the City, and any change that may be made by the laws of the State
relating to elections which may be at variance with or which may differ
from this Chapter shall take the place of any provision or Section
so at variance with the laws of the State.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 125.030, Primary Election Required
for Nomination of Candidates – General Rules Governing –
Statement of Candidacy, and Section 125.040, Primary Election –
How Candidates Selected, which immediately followed, derived from
R.O. 2012 §§125.020, 125.120; CC 1979 §§8-5, 8-8;
and Ord. No. 216 §§1, 5, 1-17-1917, were repealed 9-24-2015
by §1 of Ord. No. 8381.
