Council possesses all of the legislative powers of the City of Sylvania. It is authorized by the City Charter to take the following actions.

• It determines the organizational structure of City government.
• It approves or disapproves appointments or removals of appointive officers, and heads of departments or divisions of the City.
• It establishes the number of city employees and sets their qualifications and compensation.
• It determines the methods and procedures used for making and awarding City contracts.
• It sets the method, manner, consideration, and procedure used for the purchase or sale of property on behalf of the City.
• It has the power to expel any member of Council, the Mayor, or the Clerk-Auditor for gross misconduct, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, for disqualification from holding office, for violation of the oath of office, or for conviction while in office of a crime involving moral turpitude.
• It also has the power to make such other general regulations as the Council may deem necessary in the public interest.

Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month, unless the scheduled date falls on a holiday, in which case it meets on the following Wednesday. Council sessions are recorded on audio tape, and minutes are kept by the Clerk of Council.