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Section IV – Qualifications of Council Members
A Council Member shall be an elector and shall have resided in the City of Upper Arlington for at least one year prior to the date of their taking office. Each Council Member elected or appointed shall remain a resident and qualified elector throughout the term of his or her office. An employee of the City shall not be a candidate nor Member of Council. Any Council Member who ceases to possess these qualifications, or who is absent from four successive regular Council meetings unless such absence is authorized or excused by Council, shall forfeit the seat of Council Member.

A vacancy in the Council shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining Council Members. If an appointment occurs after June 30 in the final two years of a term, then Council shall make the appointment for the unexpired term. Otherwise the appointment shall be until the second Monday in January following the next general election.

No person shall hold the office of Council Member for a period longer than two consecutive terms of four years. For purposes of this section, any appointment or election for less than a full four-year term shall not count against the two-term limitation.

A person who is ineligible because two consecutive terms have been served will be eligible for election to additional terms, pursuant to this provision, so long as four years intervene between expiration of the second of the two consecutive terms and the commencement of the new one.