(1) 
Creation and Powers. The Metro Council is created as the governing body of Metro. Except as this charter provides otherwise, and except for initiative and referendum powers reserved to the voters of Metro, all Metro powers are vested in the Council.
(2) 
Composition. Beginning January 6, 2003, the Council consists of seven (7) councilors, one of whom shall be elected at large and designated President of the Council and six (6) each nominated and elected from a single district within the Metro Area. Until that date the Council consists of the seven (7) members of the Metro Council whose terms begin or continue in January 2001 and whose districts continue until replaced.
(3) 
Initial Terms of Office. The terms of office of the four Councilors receiving the highest number of votes among the seven Councilors elected in 1994 end January 4, 1999. The terms of office of the other three Councilors end January 6, 1997. Thereafter the term of office of Councilor is four years.
(4) 
Presiding Officer, Council President.
(a) 
Presiding Officer. At its first meeting each year before 2003, the Council shall elect a presiding officer from its Councilors.
(b) 
Council President. The Council President presides over the Council. The Council President sets the Council agenda subject to general rules established by a Council adopted ordinance. Except as provided otherwise by the Metro Charter, the Council President appoints all members of the committees, commissions and boards created by the rules of the Council and ordinances of Metro.
(5) 
Annual Organizing Resolution. At the first Council meeting each January the Council shall adopt an annual organizing resolution naming a deputy and establishing such committees as the Council deems necessary for the orderly conduct of Council business.
(6) 
Council Meetings. The Council shall meet regularly in the Metro Area at times and places it designates. The Council shall prescribe by ordinance the rules to govern conduct of its meetings. Except as this charter provides otherwise, the agreement of a majority of Councilors present and constituting a quorum is necessary to decide affirmatively a question before the Council.
(7) 
Quorum. A majority of Councilors in office is a quorum for Council business, but fewer Councilors may compel absent Councilors to attend.
(8) 
Record of Proceedings. The Council shall keep and authenticate a record of Council proceedings.
(1) 
Creation. The office of Metro Auditor is created. The Auditor is elected from the Metro Area at large for a term of four years. The Auditor serves full time and may not be employed by any other person or entity while serving as Auditor.
(2) 
First Election; Disqualification for Other Metro Elected Offices. The Auditor is first elected in the first statewide primary or general election after adoption of this charter for a term beginning January 2, 1995. During the term for which elected, and for four years thereafter, the Auditor is ineligible to hold the office of Metro Councilor.
(3) 
Duties. The Auditor shall: (a) make continuous investigations of the operations of Metro including financial and performance auditing and review of financial transactions, personnel, equipment, facilities, and all other aspects of those operations, and (b) make reports to the Metro Council of the results of any investigation with any recommendations for remedial action. Except as provided in this section, the Auditor may not be given responsibility to perform any executive function.
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Editor's Note: Former Sec. 17, Metro Executive Officer, was repealed effective 1-6-2003.
The term of office of an officer elected at a primary or general election begins the first Monday of the year following election and continues until a successor assumes the office.