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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.28 | Oath of Office.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Every officer of a municipal corporation and every employee holding a position upon an annual salary, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation, which shall be filed and kept in the office of the clerk of the municipal corporation, that he will:
(A) Support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and the charter and ordinances of the municipal corporation;
(B) Not be influenced by any consideration except that of merit and fitness in the appointment or discharge of employees;
(C) Not make or authorize the expenditure of public money otherwise than for adequate consideration and efficient service to the municipal corporation;
(D) Faithfully, in all other respects, discharge the duties of his position or office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.29 | Transfer of Powers and Duties of Abolished Office or Department.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The powers which are conferred and the duties which are imposed upon any office or department of a municipal corporation under the laws of the state, or any ordinance which is in force on August 9, 1913, shall, if such office or department is abolished in pursuance of sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the officer, board, or department upon which corresponding functions, powers, and duties are imposed under such sections. This section does not impair or affect the validity of any contract or bond executed or authorized prior to the adoption by any municipal corporation of one of the plans provided for in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code. When any such contract or bond contains provisions that it shall be enforced by some officer, board, or department therein named, and where, by the adoption of any plan provided for in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, such office, board, or department is abolished, the powers conferred and the duties imposed with reference to the officer, board, or department shall thereafter be exercised and discharged by the officer, board, or department upon which like powers, functions, or duties are conferred or imposed under sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.30 | Abandonment of Plan - Special Election.

Effective:
August 22, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
Any municipal corporation that has operated for five years under any plan provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86 of the Revised Code, may abandon such organization and adopt any organization or form of government provided by such sections and designated in the petition, by proceeding as follows: upon the filing with the board of elections of a petition containing the names of not less than ten per cent of the electors of such municipal corporation, a special election shall be called by the legislative authority at which the following proposition shall be submitted: "Shall the municipal corporation of (____________) abandon the (____________) plan and adopt the (name) plan as provided in sections (____________) to (____________) of the Revised Code?"
If a majority of the votes cast at such special election are in favor of such proposition, the officers elected at the succeeding regular municipal election shall be those prescribed by the sections of the Revised Code designated in the petition. Upon the qualification of such officers the municipal corporation shall be organized under such sections. Such change shall not affect the property, right, or ability of such municipal corporation, but shall extend merely to such change in its form of government.
The election for such change shall be ordered and conducted and the results declared as provided in section 705.02 of the Revised Code and in the general election laws.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.31 | Preparation of Ballots.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The ballots used in all elections provided for in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be without party marks or designations. The names of candidates on such ballots shall be printed in rotation as follows:
(A) The ballots shall be printed in as many series as there are candidates for the office for which there is the greatest number of candidates.
(B) The whole number of ballots to be printed shall be divided by the number of series and the quotient so obtained shall be the number of ballots in each series.
(C) In printing the first series of ballots the names of candidates for each office shall be arranged in alphabetical order under the title thereof.
(D) After printing the first series the first name in each list of candidates for the various offices shall be placed last in such list and the next series printed, and the process shall be so repeated until each name in the largest list of candidates has been printed first an equal number of times.
(E) Such ballots shall then be combined in tablets, so as to have the fewest possible ballots having the same order of names printed thereon together in the same tablet.
(F) The ballots shall, in all other respects, conform as nearly as possible to the ballots prescribed by the general election laws.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.32 | Determination of Elected Candidates.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The candidates at the regular municipal election, equal in number to the places to be filled in each office, who received the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected. In case it cannot be determined which of two or more candidates shall be declared elected, by reason of the fact that they have received the same number of votes, the election authorities shall determine by lot which of said candidates shall be declared elected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.41 | Commission Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The form of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.48, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be known as the "commission plan." In municipal corporations organized under such sections the only elective officers shall be the members of the municipal commission. Three commissioners shall be chosen in municipal corporations having not more than ten thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding federal census, and five commissioners in all other municipal corporations. All such commissioners shall be elected from the municipal corporation at large.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.42 | Election - Term - Vacancies.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
At the first election held after the adoption of the commission plan under sections 705.41 to 705.48, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the entire number of commissioners shall be chosen. In municipal corporations having three commissioners, the candidate having the highest number of votes at such first election shall hold office for four years, and the remaining commissioners shall hold office for two years. In municipal corporations choosing five commissioners, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at such first election shall serve for four years, and the remaining commissioners shall serve for two years. At all subsequent elections, except where a commissioner is chosen to fill out an unexpired term, commissioners shall be chosen for a term of four years. Vacancies in the commission shall be filled by the commission for the remainder of the unexpired term. If the term of a commissioner whose place becomes vacant does not expire on the first day of January following the next regular municipal election, then the person chosen by the commission to fill such vacancy shall serve only until such regular election, at which time a commissioner shall be elected to fill the remainder of the unexpired term. When a vacancy occurs as the result of a recall election it shall be filled as provided by section 705.92 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.43 | Meetings of Commission - Legislative and Administrative Sessions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The commission shall meet at the regular place for holding such meetings, at ten a.m. on the first day of January after its election, at which time the newly elected commissioners shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter the commission shall meet in legislative session at least twice each month and in administrative session at least once each week, at such times as are prescribed by ordinance or resolution, but no legislative business shall be considered or acted upon at administrative sessions. Upon written request of the chairman or of any two members, special legislative sessions of the commission shall be called by the clerk. Any such request shall state the subjects to be considered at such special meeting, and no other subject shall be considered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.44 | Signing of Ordinances Under Commission Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Every ordinance or resolution passed by the commission shall be signed by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days, and shall be recorded by him.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.45 | Powers of Commission.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the Ohio Constitution, and any additional powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the general assembly, shall be exercised by the commission or under its direction, unless the exercise of such powers is expressly conferred upon some other authority of the municipal corporation or reserved to the people thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.46 | Administrative Officers Appointed by Commission.

Effective:
November 1, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
The commission shall appoint a clerk, treasurer, and auditor. If the commission is the commission of a village, the commission shall also appoint a solicitor. If the commission is the commission of a city, the commission shall also appoint a city director of law. Provision may be made by ordinance for the performance of the duties of clerk and treasurer by the same person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.47 | Creation and Discontinuance of Offices Under Commission Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Subject to sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the commission may:
(A) Create and discontinue departments, offices, and employments;
(B) Appoint or provide for the appointment of all officers and employees of the municipal corporation;
(C) Remove any such officers or employees by a majority vote of all members of the commission, and by ordinance or resolution prescribe, limit, or change the compensation of such officers and employees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.48 | Supervision of Departments by Commissioners.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The commission may assign the direction or supervision of particular departments or branches of the government of a municipal corporation to individual commissioners. Such action shall not release the commission as a whole from responsibility for the condition of any department or branch of government so assigned.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.51 | City Manager Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The form of government provided in sections 705.51 to 705.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to be known as the "city manager plan," shall consist of a council of five or more citizens, according to the population of the municipal corporation as determined by the last preceding federal census, who shall be elected at large. The council shall constitute the governing body of such municipal corporation with power to:
(A) Pass ordinances;
(B) Adopt resolutions;
(C) Appoint a chief administration officer, to be known as the city manager;
(D) Approve all appointments made by the city manager, except as provided in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code;
(E) Fix all salaries;
(F) Appoint a civil service commission and all boards or commissions created by ordinance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.52 | Size of Council - Term of Councilmen - Vacancies.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The number of councilmen of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.51 to 705.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be in proportion to the population of the municipal corporation, as determined by the last preceding federal census, as follows:
(A) A municipal corporation having not more than ten thousand inhabitants, five;
(B) More than ten thousand and not more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, seven;
(C) More than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, nine.
All councilmen shall serve for a term of four years. At the first election in municipal corporations having five councilmen, the three candidates having the highest number of votes shall serve for four years and the two candidates having the next highest number of votes shall serve for two years. In municipal corporations having more than five councilmen, a majority of those elected having the highest number of votes shall serve for a period of four years and the others shall serve for a period of two years. Vacancies in the council shall be filled by the council for the remainder of the unexpired term, but any vacancy resulting from a recall election shall be filled in the manner provided in sections 705.92 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.53 | Meetings of Council.

Effective:
September 19, 1985
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 66 - 116th General Assembly
The council of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.51 to 705.60 of the Revised Code shall meet at the usual place for holding such meetings, at ten a.m. on the first day of January after its election, at which time the newly elected councilmen shall assume the duties of their office. At this meeting the council shall elect one of its members as chairman and one other member as vice-chairman. Thereafter the council shall meet in regular session at least twice each month, at such times and places as are fixed by ordinance. The clerk shall call special sessions of the council upon written request of the chairman or of any two members. Any such request shall state the subjects to be considered at such special meeting and no other subject shall be considered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.54 | Signing of Ordinances Under City Manager Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Every ordinance or resolution passed by the council shall be signed by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days, and shall be recorded by him.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.55 | Powers Exercised by Council.

Effective:
January 1, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 205 - 111th General Assembly
The powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the Ohio Constitution and any additional powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the general assembly, shall be exercised by the council, unless the exercise of such powers is expressly conferred upon some other authority of the municipal corporation or reserved to the people thereof. In municipal corporations in which a municipal court is not provided by law, each councilman may perform all of the general duties of mayors, as provided in section 733.30 of the Revised Code, and shall have such jurisdiction as is provided by section 1905.20 of the Revised Code. The member of council elected chairman shall perform all judicial functions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.56 | Administrative Officers Appointed by Council.

Effective:
November 1, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
The council shall appoint a clerk, treasurer, and auditor. If the council is created within a village, the council shall also appoint a solicitor. If the council is created within a city, the council shall also appoint a city director of law. Provision may be made by ordinance for the performance of the duties of clerk and treasurer, or clerk and auditor, by the same person. Council may provide that the treasurer or auditor may be employed as cashier in the electric light or water department of the municipal corporation, or both, and as clerk to the city manager and as clerk to the civil service commission of the municipal corporation. Council may provide that a part of the salary of the auditor shall be paid from the income of any publicly-owned utility or cemetery operated by the municipal corporation, the part to be fixed by the council with reference to the proportion of his services devoted to the utility or cemetery. Council may provide that the auditor or treasurer may be employed as cashier of the utility or cemetery, or both, and as clerk to the city manager and as clerk to the civil service commission. The auditor or treasurer may be paid for such services from the funds of the utility or cemetery, in addition to his salary as auditor or treasurer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.57 | Creation and Discontinuance of Offices Under City Manager Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Subject to sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the council may:
(A) Create and discontinue departments, offices, and employments;
(B) Appoint or provide for the appointment of all officers and employees of the municipal corporation;
(C) Remove any such officer or employee by a majority vote of all members;
(D) By ordinance or resolution prescribe, limit, or change the compensation of such officers and employees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.58 | Appointment and Term of City Manager - Vacancy.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The council shall appoint a city manager who shall be the administrative head of the municipal government under the direction and supervision of the council and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the council.
In the event that the city manager is absent from his office by reason of illness, death, vacation, resignation, or removal, the member of council serving as chairman shall act as city manager and perform all the duties of such office, until such time as the city manager returns to his duties or the council appoints a new city manager to fill the vacancy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.59 | Duties of City Manager.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly
The city manager shall:
(A) See that the laws and ordinances are faithfully executed;
(B) Attend all meetings of the council at which his attendance is required by that body;
(C) Recommend measures for adoption to the council;
(D) Appoint all officers and employees in the classified service of the municipal corporation, subject to Chapters 124. and 705. of the Revised Code;
(E) Prepare and submit to the council such reports as are required by that body, or as he deems advisable;
(F) Keep the council fully advised of the financial condition of the municipal corporation and its future needs;
(G) Prepare and submit to the council a tentative budget for the next fiscal year;
(H) Perform such other duties as the council determines by ordinance or resolution;
(I) Sign all contracts and bonds for and on behalf of the muncipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.60 | Salary - Oath - Bond - Seal.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
The city manager shall receive such salary as is fixed by the council of the municipal corporation. Such part of the salary of the city manager as the council deems proper shall be paid from the income of any publicly owned utility operated by such municipal corporation, or from any public cemetery. The part of the salary of the city manager so paid shall be fixed by the council with reference to the proportion of the city manager's time devoted to such utility. Before entering upon the duties of office, the city manager shall take the oath required by section 705.28 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the city manager shall execute a bond in favor of the municipal corporation for the faithful performance of official duties, in such sum as is fixed by the council. The city manager shall be furnished with the corporate seal of the municipal corporation, in the center of which shall be engraved the coat of arms of the state, as described in section 5.04 of the Revised Code, and around the edge of which shall be the words, "Manager of the city of _________," or "Manager of the village of __________, state of Ohio."
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.71 | Federal Plan - Elective Officers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The form of government provided in sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be known as the "federal plan." In municipal corporations adopting such plan the only elective officers shall be the mayor and members of council.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.72 | Council - Number of Members - Term.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All legislative power of the municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be vested in a council of not less than five nor more than fifteen members In municipal corporations of less than ten thousand population, members of the council shall be elected at large; in all others they shall be elected from wards or at large, as determined by the vote provided for in section 705.03 of the Revised Code. The term of office of such members shall be two years when the council is elected by wards, and four years when the council is elected at large. At the first election in municipal corporations having three councilmen, each of whom is elected at large, the candidates having the two highest number of votes shall serve for four years and the other councilman shall serve for two years. In municipal corporations having more than three councilmen, the majority of such councilmen who have the highest number of votes shall serve for a period of four years and the others shall serve for a period of two years.
When the council is elected by wards, the number of councilmen shall be in proportion to the population of the municipal corporation, as determined by the last preceding federal census as follows: a municipal corporation having not more than ten thousand inhabitants, five councilmen; more than ten thousand and not more than twenty-five thousand, seven councilmen; more than twenty-five thousand and not more than fifty thousand, nine councilmen; and for each twenty-five thousand inhabitants in excess of fifty thousand, the number shall be increased by one, but the total number of councilmen shall not exceed fifteen.
When the council is elected at large, the number of councilmen shall be in proportion to the population of the municipal corporation, as determined by the last preceding federal census, as follows: a municipal corporation having not more than ten thousand inhabitants, three councilmen; more than ten thousand and not more than twenty-five thousand, five councilmen; more than twenty-five thousand and not more than fifty thousand, seven councilmen; and for each twenty-five thousand inhabitants in excess of fifty thousand the number shall be increased by one, but the total number of councilmen shall not exceed nine.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.73 | Division Into Wards on Basis of Population.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
For the first election of members of the council of a municipal corporation after the adoption of the federal plan under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in any municipal corporation having ten thousand inhabitants or more, the municipal corporation shall be divided into wards by the legislative authority existing under the plan of government to be superseded. Immediately after the proclamation by the secretary of state as to the population of the municipal corporations, as determined by the federal census, the council may redivide the municipal corporation into wards upon the basis of its population, which shall be as nearly equal in population as possible and composed of contiguous and compact territory, bounded by natural boundaries or street lines. Any member of the council, elected from wards, who, at the time of his election was a resident of the ward which he represents, shall forfeit his office if he removes from such ward, and the council shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.74 | Meetings of Council - Special Sessions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The council shall meet at ten a.m. on the first day of January following a regular municipal election at the usual place for holding such meetings, at which time the newly elected councilmen shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter the council shall meet, at least twice each month, at such times as are prescribed by ordinance or resolution. Special sessions of the council shall be called by the clerk upon the written request of the mayor, the chairman, or any two members of council. Any such report shall state the subjects to be considered at the meeting, and no other subjects shall be considered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.75 | Mayor's Veto.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any ordinance or resolution passed by the council shall be signed by the chairman or two members of council and presented to the mayor. If the mayor approves such ordinance or resolution he shall sign it, but if he does not approve it, he shall return it to the council with his objections within ten days thereafter, or if the council is not then in session such objections shall be returned at the next regular meeting thereof. The council shall cause such objections to be entered in full on its journal. If the mayor does not return an ordinance or resolution within the time specified it shall take effect in the same manner as if he had signed it. The mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any item or part of any ordinance or resolution appropriating money. When the mayor refuses to sign any ordinance or resolution, or part thereof, and returns it to the council with his objections, the council shall, after the expiration of not less than one week, proceed to reconsider it, and if, upon reconsideration, the resolution or ordinance, or part or item thereof, disapproved by the mayor is approved by the vote of two thirds of all the members elected to the council, it shall then take effect as if it had received the signature of the mayor. In all such cases the votes shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays" and entered on the journal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.76 | Creation and Discontinuance of Offices Under Federal Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The council of a municipal corporation may create and discontinue departments and offices other than those provided in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and may provide for the appointment of all officers of such departments, but the functions and number of subdepartments, and the number and salaries of subordinates and employees shall be fixed by the executive heads of the various departments, all of which provisions shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the civil service commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.77 | Executive Power.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The executive power of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be vested in the mayor, the heads of the departments of the municipal corporation, and such other executive officers as are provided for in such sections or as provided for by ordinance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.78 | Election of Mayor - Appointment of Department Heads.

Effective:
November 1, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
The mayor of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86 of the Revised Code, shall be elected at a regular municipal election for a term of four years, and shall assume office on the first day of January next following his election. He shall appoint a director of public service, a director of public safety, and a treasurer. If the mayor is the mayor of a village, he shall also appoint a solicitor. If the mayor is the mayor of a city, he shall also appoint a director of law. The council may provide, by ordinance, for combining the offices and duties of the directors of public service and public safety. The mayor and the heads of the departments of the municipal corporation shall not hold any other federal, state, county, or municipal office, except that of notary public or member of the state militia, nor shall they be employees in any such office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.79 | Powers and Duties of Mayor.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The mayor of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall:
(A) See that the laws and ordinances are enforced;
(B) Recommend measures to the council for adoption;
(C) Keep the council fully advised of the financial condition and future needs of the municipal corporation;
(D) Prepare and submit to the council such reports as are required by that body;
(E) Appoint competent, disinterested persons, not exceeding three in number, to examine without notice the affairs of any department, officer, or employee, and report the result of such examination to the mayor, and such result shall also be transmitted by him to the council without delay;
(F) Perform such other duties as the council determines by ordinance or resolution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.80 | Appointment and Removal of Officers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Subject to sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, all officers, clerks, and employees of the several departments of government of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and subdivisions thereof, shall be appointed, employed, suspended, or removed by the head of such department. The mayor may, without assignment of reason, remove any department head appointed by him.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.81 | Acting Mayor - Order of Succession.

Effective:
November 1, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
If the mayor is temporarily absent from the municipal corporation, or becomes temporarily disabled by sickness, accident, or for any other cause, the heads of the departments shall, during the absence or disability, perform the duties of the mayor under the designation of acting mayor, in the following order: village solicitor or city director of law, director of public service, director of public safety, auditor, and treasurer. If the mayor dies or removes his residence from the municipal corporation during the term of his office, the succession to the office of mayor shall be from the heads of the departments in the order provided in this section, and the successor shall become the mayor of the municipal corporation for the unexpired term. In the event of any temporary disability or absence on the part of any director or department head, the mayor may, in writing, designate some suitable person to perform his duties until he resumes his office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.82 | Director of Public Service - Duties.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The department of public service shall be under the supervision of a director who shall be appointed by the mayor. Such director shall be responsible for the care, management, construction, and improvement of:
(A) All utilities owned or operated by the municipal corporation;
(B) All public ways, grounds, cemeteries, buildings, sewers, and structures of every kind, except buildings and structures used in connection with the work to be performed under the direction of the director of public safety as provided by section 705.83 of the Revised Code;
(C) The making and preserving of survey maps, plans, drawings, and estimates relating to the public work under the supervision of the department;
(D) All matters in any way relative to or affecting the highways, footways, waterways, harbors, wharves, and docks within the municipal corporation. Such director shall exercise the powers formerly vested in the trustee of waterworks, park commissions, platting commissions, street commissions, city engineers, or other board of officers relating to the work committed to the care and management of the director of public service by this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.83 | Director of Public Safety - Duties.

Effective:
July 6, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly
The department of public safety shall be under the supervision of a director who shall be appointed by the mayor. The director shall have charge of the police, fire, health, charities, corrections, and building inspection of the municipal corporation. All powers and authority over such police, fire, health, charities, corrections, and building inspection are vested in the director. The director shall have charge of the administration of all infirmaries, and all charitable, correctional, and penal institutions. He shall make such rules as are necessary and proper, consistent with the minimum standards for jails in Ohio promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction, for the employment, discipline, instructions, education, reformation, and for the conditional release and return of all prisoners confined in any penal institution under his control.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.84 | Powers and Duties of Board of Control.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In municipal corporations organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, there shall be a board of control composed of the mayor, who shall be the president thereof, the auditor, and the heads of the departments appointed by the mayor. The board of control shall:
(A) Have stated meetings at least twice a week;
(B) Keep a record of its proceedings;
(C) Take its votes by yeas and nays, which votes shall be entered on the record;
(D) Adopt any motion or order only by a majority vote of all the members of the board.
No ordinance or resolution involving any expenditure of money for public improvements shall be passed until it has been approved by the board of control, except upon a two-thirds vote of the council of the municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.85 | Mayor and Department Heads Shall Have Seats in Council.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The mayor and the heads of the several departments of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall have seats in the council of the municipal corporation. The mayor may introduce ordinances and take part in the proceedings and deliberations of council on all questions, and the heads of departments may take part in its proceedings and deliberations on all questions relating to their departments, subject to such rules as the council prescribes. Neither the mayor nor the heads of the several departments shall have the right to vote in the council.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.86 | Powers Under Federal Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In municipal corporations adopting the federal plan of government under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the Ohio Constitution, and any additional powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the general assembly shall be exercised by the officers and authorities provided for in such sections, unless such powers have been expressly conferred upon some other authority of the municipal corporation or reserved to the people thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 705 | Plans of Government › Section 705.91 | Initiative and Referendum Applicable to Each Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All laws pertaining to the initiative and referendum in municipal corporations shall apply to and become a part of each plan of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Section 705.92 of the Revised Code shall be submitted, with each such plan, to the electors of the municipal corporation as prescribed in section 705.03 of the Revised Code, and shall go into effect and form a part of any such plan of government only to the extent to which such section has been adopted under section 705.03 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 707 | Incorporation › Section 707.01 | Incorporation of Villages.

Effective:
March 2, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly
Villages may be incorporated in the manner provided in sections 707.01 to 707.28 of the Revised Code. Application for incorporation of a village shall be made by petition addressed to the board of county commissioners.
No territory within the boundaries of a military base, camp, or similar installation under the jurisdiction of a military department of the United States government, that is used for the housing of members of the armed forces of the United States and is a center for military operations of the department, shall be incorporated without the approval of the secretary of defense of the United States, his designee, or other person having authority under federal law to give such approval.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 707 | Incorporation › Section 707.02 | Petition for Incorporation as Village.

Effective:
March 2, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly
The petition required by section 707.01 of the Revised Code shall be signed by fifty-one per cent of the electors within the territory proposed to be incorporated, as determined by the total number of votes cast within that territory for the office of governor at the preceding general election for that office, and shall contain or have attached thereto:
(A) A full description and an accurate map of the territory within the proposed municipal corporation;
(B) A statement signed by the county auditor as to the total assessed valuation of the area proposed for incorporation;
(C) A statement that the area consists of not less than two square miles, includes a population of not less than eight hundred persons per square mile, and has an assessed valuation of real, personal, and public utility property subject, except as otherwise provided in this division, to general property taxation of at least three thousand five hundred dollars per capita. In determining per capita assessed valuation under this division, the assessed valuation of any tangible personal property, buildings, structures, improvements, and fixtures that are exempt from taxation under division (B) of section 5709.081 of the Revised Code shall be added to the assessed valuation of real, personal, and public utility property subject to general property taxation.
(D) A statement by the secretary of state that the name proposed in the petition is not being used by any other municipal corporation in the state;
(E) The name of a person to act as agent for the petitioners;
(F) A statement of whether or not the proposed municipal corporation contains and includes territory within three miles of any portion of the boundary of an existing municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 707 | Incorporation › Section 707.03 | Petition Presented to County Commissioners.

Effective:
March 2, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly
The petition required by section 707.02 of the Revised Code may be presented to the board of county commissioners at any session of the board, after which the board shall make it available for inspection of any interested person.
Upon presentation of such a petition, the board of county commissioners may charge a fee to the agent of the petitioners, to cover the cost of verifying the signatures on the petition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 707 | Incorporation › Section 707.04 | Existing Municipal Corporation to Approve Incorporation of Territory Within Three Miles of Its Boundaries.

Effective:
April 16, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 528 - 119th General Assembly
Prior to fixing the time and place of the public hearing pursuant to section 707.05 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether any of the area proposed to be incorporated includes territory within three miles of any portion of the boundary of an existing municipal corporation. If the board so finds, it shall make an order in its journal of such finding and forward a copy of such entry to the clerk of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation. The board shall thereafter take no action on the incorporation petition so long as any of the area proposed to be incorporated includes territory within three miles of the boundary limits of any existing municipal corporation. However, the board may proceed with the incorporation petition even though some or all of the territory proposed to be incorporated would be within the three-mile area if either of the following applies:
(A) An annexation proceeding which included the territory within three miles of an existing municipal corporation has been attempted within two years preceding the date of filing of the incorporation petition under section 709.02 of the Revised Code but failed because the existing municipal corporation took unfavorable action, or because the existing municipal corporation took no action on the petition for a period of one hundred twenty days after the petition was presented to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation as required in section 709.04 of the Revised Code;
(B) There is furnished to the board of county commissioners a copy of a resolution, passed by the legislative authority of each existing municipal corporation within the three-mile area approving the petition for incorporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 707 | Incorporation › Section 707.05 | Fixing Time and Place for Hearing Petition - Notice.

Effective:
October 7, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly
The board shall fix, and communicate to the agent of the petitioners, the time and place for hearing the petition, which time shall be not less than forty nor more than ninety days after the petition is presented to the board pursuant to section 707.03 of the Revised Code. Thereupon the agent for the petitioners shall cause a notice containing the substance of the petition, and the time and place where it will be heard, to be published in a newspaper published in, and of general circulation in the county, for a period of three consecutive weeks.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 707 | Incorporation › Section 707.06 | Hearing - Amendments.

Effective:
March 2, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly
The hearing provided for in section 707.05 of the Revised Code shall be public. Any person interested may appear, in person or by attorney, and contest the granting of the prayer of the petition provided for by section 707.02 of the Revised Code, and affidavits presented in support of or against the prayer of such petition shall be considered by the board. The board of county commissioners may amend the petition on its leave. If any amendment is permitted, whereby territory not before embraced is added, the board shall appoint another time for the hearing, of which notice shall be given as specified in section 707.05 of the Revised Code.