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Special meetings of Council may be called, for any purpose, by the Mayor or any three Council members upon at least twenty-four hours notice to each Council member, which notice may be served personally or left at the usual place of residence. Council members who attend special meetings of Council or who are present at another regular or special meeting where a special meeting is announced by the presiding officer need not receive notice of the special meeting. Council members may waive receipt of notice of a special meeting either prior or subsequent to the meeting. Attendance at a special meeting constitutes a waiver of receipt of notice of special meeting.

(c) ADJOURNMENT OR RECESS OF MEETINGS.

Any regular or special meeting of Council may be adjourned or recessed to another time, date or place without giving the notice required in Section 3.06(b).

(d) OPEN MEETING,

All meetings of Council shall be open to the public, except as allowed by the laws of the State of Ohio and as Council may further provide by ordinance for matters declared in such ordinance to require confidentiality.

3.07. COUNCIL ORGANIZATION AND RULES.

Council shall be a continuing body and shall meet for the purpose of organization at its first meeting in January of each year. Council shall adopt its own rules which shall not conflict with this Revised Charter and which shall remain in effect until amended, or repealed by Council. The Council Rules of Order shall not be subject to initiative or referendum. The Council Rules of Order shall provide for such matters as Council shall determine to be necessary for the proper functioning and governance of Council.

3.08. COMPENSATION.

Once in any calendar year and only as a non-emergency ordinance, Council may determine the annual salary and benefits of its members. In the event Council shall fail to establish salaries and benefits as required in this Section, the salaries and benefits in effect shall remain until changed in accordance with this Section.

3.09 VACANCIES AND FILLING OF VACANCIES.

(a) VACANCIES.

The office of Council member shall become vacant upon the member's resignation or forfeiture of office as provided in Section 3.10.

A vacancy in Council shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining Council members. If the vacancy occurs on or after July 1 of the second year of the term, the person elected by Council shall serve for the unexpired term. If the vacancy occurs on or before June 30 of the second year of the term, the person elected by Council shall serve until a successor is elected at the next regular municipal election. The person so elected shall take office on January 1 following such election. If Council fails to fill a vacancy in Council within sixty days after the occurrence of the vacancy, the Mayor shall appoint a person to serve for the time as provided in this Section.

3.10. FORFEITURE OF OFFICE.

(a) GROUNDS CONSTITUTING FORFEITURE.

The office of a Council member shall be forfeited upon a determination that the Council member:

(1) has pled to or has been convicted of a felony while in office;

(2) has pled to or has been convicted of any crime involving dereliction of duties while in office;

(3) lacks, or is found to have lacked, at any time prescribed by this Revised Charter, any eligibility requirement of Section 3.02(b);

(4) has violated any prohibition of Section 3.03(a); or

(5) has failed to attend three consecutive regular meetings of Council without being excused by Council.