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Ohio Rev Code § 511.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.09 | Memorial Fund - Application of Fund - Trustees.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If a soldier's memorial is to be erected by a single township, the proceeds of bonds issued under section 511.08 of the Revised Code, other than any premium and accrued interest which shall be credited to the sinking fund, shall be placed in the township treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as "the memorial fund." If such bonds are issued by two or more townships to build a joint building, the board of township trustees of each township shall select one of its members, who, with the other board members so selected, shall constitute and be known as the "memorial trustees." Such trustees may perform all acts imposed upon the board of township trustees by sections 511.10 to 511.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code. "Board of township trustees" as used in sections 511.10 to 511.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, with reference to the powers and duties of such board as to the construction of such memorial building, monument, statue, or memorial, includes "memorial trustees" in case of a joint building. Such fund shall be paid out upon the order of the board of township trustees. Upon the completion of the memorial building, monument, statue, or memorial, any unexpended balance shall be transferred and placed to the credit of the sinking fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.10 | Appointment of Personnel - Holidays - Maintenance Uniforms.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|The board of township trustees may appoint such superintendents, architects, clerks, laborers, and other employees as are necessary and fix their compensation. Any person so appointed may be removed by a majority of the members of such board at any time. Any township employee working on a salary or hourly basis is entitled to eight hours of holiday pay for New Year's day, Martin Luther King day, Washington-Lincoln day, Memorial day, Juneteenth day, Independence day, Labor day, Columbus day, Veterans' day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day, of each year, provided that the employee is a regular employee with at least six months full-time township service prior to the month when such holiday occurs. Holidays shall occur on the days specified in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. The board of township trustees may purchase or lease uniforms for laborers or other employees engaged in the maintenance of township property. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 4:09 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 511.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.11 | Acquisition of Property.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of trustees may acquire by purchase, appropriation, or otherwise, any private or public lands which it might deem necessary for its use, and, in case of condemnation, such proceedings shall be governed by sections 719.01 to 719.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code.Such board may receive donations, legacies, or devises in land, money, or other property for the general purpose of aiding the objects and purposes of the memorial building, monument, statue, or memorial and the endowment thereof. In all cases, no matter how such property is acquired, the title to it shall be taken in the name of the board and its successors in office forever, and shall be free from taxation by the state, county, or any municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.12 | Plans, Specifications and Contracts.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The board of township trustees may prepare plans and specifications and make contracts for the construction and erection of a memorial building, monument, statue, or memorial, for the purposes specified and within the amount authorized by section 511.08 of the Revised Code. If the total estimated cost of the construction and erection exceeds fifty thousand dollars, the contract shall be let by competitive bidding. If the estimated cost is fifty thousand dollars or less, competitive bidding may be required at the board's discretion. In making contracts under this section, the board shall be governed as follows: (A) Contracts for construction when competitive bidding is required shall be based upon detailed plans, specifications, forms of bids, and estimates of cost, adopted by the board.(B) Contracts shall be made in writing upon concurrence of a majority of the members of the board, and shall be signed by at least two of the members and by the contractor. If competitive bidding is required, no contract shall be made or signed until an advertisement has been placed in a newspaper, published or of general circulation in the township, at least twice. The board may also cause notice to be inserted in trade papers or other publications designated by it or to be distributed by electronic means, including posting the notice on the board's internet web site. If the board posts the notice on its web site, it may eliminate the second notice otherwise required to be published in a newspaper published or of general circulation in the township, provided that the first notice published in such newspaper meets all of the following requirements:(1) It is published at least two weeks before the opening of bids.(2) It includes a statement that the notice is posted on the board's internet web site.(3) It includes the internet address of the board's internet web site.(4) It includes instructions describing how the notice may be accessed on the board's internet web site.(C) No contract shall be let by competitive bidding except to the lowest and best bidder, who shall meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code.(D) When, in the opinion of the board, it becomes necessary in the prosecution of such work to make alterations or modifications in any contract, the alterations or modifications shall be made only by order of the board, and that order shall be of no effect until the price to be paid for the work or materials under the altered or modified contract has been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor and at least two members of the board.(E) No contract or alteration or modification of it shall be valid unless made in the manner provided in this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.13 | Interest in Township Contract Prohibited - Exception.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No member of the board of township trustees or any officer or employee thereof shall be interested in any contract entered into by such board. No such person shall be individually liable to any contractor upon any contract made under sections 511.08 to 511.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, nor shall he be liable to any person on any claims occasioned by any act or default of a contractor or anyone employed by him.This section does not apply where such person is a shareholder of a corporation, but not an officer or director thereof, and owns not more than five per cent of the stock of such corporation, the value of which does not exceed five hundred dollars.If a stockholder desires to avail himself of the exception provided in this section, he shall, before entering upon such contract, first file with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, an affidavit, stating his exact status and connection with the corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.14 | Commemorative Tablets.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|There shall be provided in a memorial building, erected under sections 511.08 to 511.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, suitable apartments, of sufficient dimensions, to commemorate the soldiers, sailors, and marines of the township who lost their lives while in the service of the United States, and the names of such soldiers, sailors, and marines shall be inscribed on suitable tablets in the building or on the monument, statue, or memorial so erected.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.15 | Memorial Trustees.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon the completion and equipping of a soldier's memorial building, the board of township trustees shall certify such fact to the court of common pleas of the county in which the building was constructed, and the court thereupon shall appoint a board of permanent "memorial trustees," composed of seven citizens of the township; but if two or more townships unite in constructing a joint building each township shall be represented on each board, one of which members shall be appointed for the term of one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, one for five years, one for six years, and one for seven years, and each year thereafter the court shall appoint a successor, for a term of seven years, to the trustee whose term of office then expires. Not more than four of the members of said board of trustees shall belong to the same political party.In the case of any memorial building existing prior to April 17, 1925, the court shall appoint the board in the manner provided in this section.Upon such appointment by the court the board of township trustees shall transfer the memorial building and other property and funds acquired under section 511.11 of the Revised Code to the board of permanent memorial trustees and the title of such property shall thereupon vest in such board and the memorial trustees provided for in section 511.09 of the Revised Code, shall cease to exist as an official board.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.16 | Control and Maintenance.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of permanent memorial trustees shall provide for the maintenance of the township memorial building, monument, statue, or memorial and shall always keep the memorial in such condition that it will fulfill the purpose for which it was constructed.The board of permanent memorial trustees may receive donations and bequests to aid in the maintenance of such memorial, and such moneys, together with moneys received from all other sources, shall be placed in a fund to be known as "the township memorial fund," and shall be paid out on vouchers signed by two members of the board of permanent memorial trustees.The board of permanent memorial trustees shall, annually, report a complete statement of all its receipts and disbursements and certify to the board of township trustees the amount of money required for the maintenance of such memorial and the making of any necessary improvements thereto, which amount shall be placed in the budget of the board of township trustees and certified to the budget commission of the county. The board of permanent memorial trustees may permit the occupancy and use of the memorial building or any part thereof, upon such terms as it deems proper.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.17 | Rules and Regulations.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Under such reasonable rules and regulations as the board of permanent memorial trustees prescribes, the memorial building constructed under section 511.08 of the Revised Code shall be open and free for use as a meeting place by all organizations and allied organizations of present and former soldiers, sailors, and marines.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.18 | Petition to Organize Park District.

Effective: September 21, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 417 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) When any number of electors in a township, including the electors of all municipal corporations in the township, equal to or exceeding one-tenth of the total vote cast in the township at the most recent general election, files a petition with the board of township trustees for proceedings to organize a park district and to establish one or more public parks within the township, the board shall certify that fact to the court of common pleas of the county, which court, or a judge of the court, shall appoint a board of park commissioners for the township. However, if an entire park district is contained within the unincorporated area of the township, the board of township trustees, instead of the court of common pleas of the county, shall, regardless of when the park district was established, appoint the board of park commissioners, unless the board of township trustees, by unanimous vote, adopts a resolution authorizing the court of common pleas to appoint the board of park commissioners. For purposes of this division, an entire park district shall be considered to be contained within the unincorporated area of the township if the electors of the unincorporated area would be the only persons entitled to vote on a tax levy submitted under division (B) of section 511.27 of the Revised Code, regardless of where real property owned by the district is located.If the board of township trustees adopts a resolution described in this division, the court, or a judge of the court, shall appoint the board of park commissioners. If, at any time after the adoption of that resolution, the board of township trustees wishes to rescind the resolution and again assume the authority provided under this division to appoint the board of park commissioners, it may adopt a resolution, by unanimous vote, rescinding the previous resolution and its authorization for the court of common pleas to appoint the board of park commissioners. After the adoption of a rescinding resolution, the board of township trustees shall appoint the board of park commissioners.(B) Regardless of when a township park district was established, at least seventy-five per cent of the acreage owned by a township park district shall be located within the boundaries of the township, unless the township has ceased to exist since the establishment of the park district.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.181 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.181 | Resolution to Convert Parks Owned and Operated by Park District Into Parks Owned and Operated by Township.

Effective: September 26, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly|If the board of park commissioners of a township park district created before 1955 is appointed by the board of township trustees, the board of township trustees may adopt a resolution to convert the parks owned and operated by the park district into parks owned and operated by the township if the township has a population of less than thirty-five thousand and a geographical area of less than fifteen square miles. Upon the adoption of that resolution, the township park district shall cease to exist, all real and personal property owned by the park district shall be transferred to the township, and the township shall assume liability with respect to all contracts and debts of the park district. All employees of the township park district whose parks are so converted into township parks shall become township employees, and the board of township trustees may retain the former park commissioners, on the terms that the trustees consider appropriate, to operate the property formerly owned by the township park district.The township shall continue to collect any taxes levied within the former township park district, and the taxes shall be deposited into the township treasury as funds to be used for the park purposes for which they were levied.Within fifteen days after the adoption of a township park district conversion resolution under this section, the clerk of the board of township trustees shall certify a copy of that resolution to the county auditor.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.20 | Report of Board as to Site and Cost.

Effective: September 21, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 417 - 123rd General Assembly|Prior to the submission to the electors of the question of whether one or more public parks are to be established as provided in section 511.21 of the Revised Code, the board of park commissioners shall call to its assistance one or more skilled landscape architects, and, if desired, other expert advice, as to suitable places for the location of one or more public parks. The board of park commissioners shall make a written report to the board of township trustees of its findings and recommendations, with an estimate of the cost of the land recommended for park purposes. Before filing the report, the board of park commissioners, for park purposes, may take options and receive bids from owners of land.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.21 | Notice of Submission of Question.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|Upon the filing of the report of the board of park commissioners as provided by section 511.20 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall direct the township fiscal officer to give thirty days' notice, by posting in five public places in the township and by publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the township, that an election will be held at the next general election to determine whether one or more public parks are to be established within the township, and the estimated cost of the land recommended for that purpose.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.22 | Form of Ballot.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|The board of township trustees shall direct the township fiscal officer to file a written notice, not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the election, with the board of elections having charge of the preparation of official ballots, that an election will be held as provided in section 511.21 of the Revised Code and that the following shall be printed on the ballot:"YESNOSHALL A PUBLIC PARK OR PUBLIC PARKS BE ESTABLISHED IN ____ (NAME) ____ TOWNSHIP?" If a majority of the votes is in favor of the proposition, a park or parks shall be established for the township. If a majority of the votes cast is against the proposition, the board of park commissioners shall be abolished, and the board of township trustees shall provide for and pay all the proper expenses incurred by it.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.231 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.231 | Appraisal of Park District Property.

Effective: November 5, 1965|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 101 - 106th General Assembly|Whenever it is necessary for the board of park commissioners of a township park district to determine the value of any real property owned by the board, or which it proposes to acquire by purchase, lease, or appropriation, the board may employ competent appraisers to advise it of the value of such property, or expert witnesses to testify thereto in an appropriation proceeding, and shall pay a reasonable compensation for such services.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.232 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.232 | Law Enforcement in Park District.

Effective: January 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code.(B) The employees designated by the board of park commissioners of a township park district may enforce the laws of the state and the regulations of the board within and adjacent to the lands under the jurisdiction and control of the board or when acting as authorized by section 511.235 or 511.236 of the Revised Code. Before exercising those powers, the designated employees shall comply with the certification requirement established in section 109.77 of the Revised Code, take an oath, and give a bond to the state, in the sum that the board prescribes, for the proper performance of their duties. This division is subject to division (C) of this section.(C)(1) The board of park commissioners of a township park district shall not designate an employee as provided in division (B) of this section on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the employee previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony.(2)(a) The board of park commissioners of a township park district shall terminate the employment of an employee designated as provided in division (B) of this section if the employee does either of the following:(i) Pleads guilty to a felony;(ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the employee agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to the employee under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.(b) The board shall suspend from employment an employee designated as provided in division (B) of this section if the employee is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the employee files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the employee does not file a timely appeal, the board shall terminate the employment of that employee. If the employee files an appeal that results in that employee's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against the employee, the board shall reinstate that employee. An employee who is reinstated under division (C)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that employee's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the employee of the felony.(3) Division (C) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997.(4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of an employee under division (C)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.233 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.233 | Liability Insurance.

Effective: August 3, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 259 - 114th General Assembly|A board of park commissioners of a township park district may purchase a policy or policies of insurance to insure the members of the board and its appointees, assistants, and employees against liability arising from the performance of their official duties.