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...When it is deemed necessary by a municipal corporation to make a public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments levied under this chapter, plans, specifications, profiles of the proposed improvement showing the proposed grade of the street and improvement after completion with reference to the property abutting thereon, and an estimate of the cost of the improvement shall be prepared and...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may declare, by resolution, the necessity of levying and collecting special assessments for the purpose of paying the principal and interest, or part thereof, of bonds previously issued to pay the cost and expense of acquiring, constructing, and equipping off-street parking facilities, structures, or lands required therefor, which principal and interest was contemp...

...When it is deemed necessary by a municipal corporation to require the construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs, or gutters within the municipal corporation by the owners of the lots or lands abutting thereon, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall cause plans, specifications, and an estimate of the cost of such construction or repair to be prepared, showing the location and dimensions of such ...

...(A) The legislative authority of a city shall subdivide the city into wards, equal in number to the members of the legislative authority to be elected from wards, within ninety days after: (1) The first day of October of the year following the decennial census year; (2) The approval of the adoption, change, or abandonment of an alternative plan for the composition of the legislative authority of the city under divi...

...No person shall, directly or indirectly: (A) Willfully misrepresent the contents of any initiative or referendum petition; (B) Pay or offer to pay any elector anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition; (C) Promise to help another person to obtain appointment to any office provided for by the constitution or laws of this state or by the ordinances of any municipal corporation, or to any pos...

...All securities belonging to the treasury of any municipal corporation or to any fund thereof, other than the sinking fund, may be placed in the custody of any member of the federal reserve banking system, upon the issuance by such member of its custodian or other bailment receipt to the treasurer of the municipal corporation. Such custody shall be as a qualified trustee pursuant to division (E) of section 135.18 of t...

...(A) In lieu of having the elected office of village clerk and the office of village treasurer, or the combined elected office of village clerk-treasurer, a village may combine the duties of the clerk and treasurer into one appointed office, to be known as the village fiscal officer. To make this change, the village legislative authority shall pass, by a two-thirds vote, an ordinance or resolution proposing to m...

...(A) Unless otherwise provided by law, vacancies arising in appointive and elective offices of villages shall be filled by appointment by the mayor for the remainder of the unexpired term, provided that: (1) Vacancies in the office of mayor shall be filled in the manner provided by section 733.25 of the Revised Code; (2) Vacancies in the membership of the legislative authority shall be filled in the manner provided ...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 4511.193 of the Revised Code, all fines, forfeitures, and costs in ordinance cases and all fees that are collected by the mayor, that in any manner come into the mayor's hands, or that are due the mayor or a marshal, chief of police, or other officer of the municipal corporation, any other fees and expenses that have been advanced out of the treasury of the munici...

...(A) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" means a village fiscal officer, a village clerk-treasurer, a village clerk, a city auditor, a city treasurer or, in the case of a municipal corporation having a charter that designates an officer who, by virtue of the charter, has duties and functions similar to those of the city or village officers referred to in this section, the officer so designated by the charter. (...

...(A) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" means the city auditor, city treasurer, village fiscal officer, village clerk-treasurer, village clerk, and, in the case of a municipal corporation having a charter that designates an officer who, by virtue of the charter, has duties and functions similar to those of the city or village officers referred to in this section, the officer so designated by the charter. (B)...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Occupy or use," with respect to a public way, means to create parking spaces and install, repair, maintain, replace, and operate parking meters or other similar devices for the purpose of providing on-street parking. (2) "Public agency" includes any county, municipal corporation, port authority, regional transit authority, airport authority, or transportation improvement dist...

...(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may establish, by ordinance or resolution, a voluntary motor vehicle decal registration program to be controlled by the director of public safety of the municipal corporation and conducted by the police department of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority may establish a fee for participation in the program in an amount sufficient to cover t...

...(A) The office of an employee member, firefighter retirant member, or police retirant member of the board of trustees of the police and fire pension fund who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of section 102.02, 102.03, 102.04, 2921.02, 2921.11, 2921.13, 2921.31, 2921.41, 2921.42, 2921.43, or 2921.44 of the Revised Code shall...

...The board of trustees of the police and fire pension fund shall do all of the following: (A) In consultation with the Ohio ethics commission, review any existing policy regarding the travel and payment of travel expenses of members of the board of trustees and employees of the fund and adopt rules in accordance with section 742.10 of the Revised Code establishing a new or revised policy regarding travel and payment ...

...(A) The members of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be the trustees of the funds created by section 742.59 of the Revised Code. The board shall have full power to invest the funds. The board and other fiduciaries shall discharge their duties with respect to the funds solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries; for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to par...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a fiduciary shall not cause the Ohio police and fire pension fund to engage in a transaction, if the fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the fund and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the fund and a party in ...

...(A) If the conditions described in division (A) of section 742.211 of the Revised Code are met, a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the fund and is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code is eligible to obtain credit for service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system under this s...

...(A) If the conditions described in division (A) of section 742.211 of the Revised Code are met and a person who is a member or former member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund but not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the fund elects to receive credit under the Cincinnati retirement system for service for which the person contributed to the fund or purchased or obtained as...

...(A) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code, in computing years of active service under division (C) of section 742.37 or section 742.39 of the Revised Code, shall be given full credit for full-time out-of-state or federal service, other than military service, purchased under this section. A ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Actuarial present value" means the calculation under which the probability of occurrence, based on a specified mortality table, and the discount for future monetary growth at a specified interest rate are considered by an actuary to determine the value of an annuity. (2) "Other system retirant" means a former member of the public employees retirement system, state teachers retireme...

...(A) As used in this section, "lay off" means to cease to employ a person pursuant to sections 124.321 to 124.328 of the Revised Code or pursuant to any similar provisions that apply to the person under any of the following: (1) A collective bargaining agreement entered into under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code; (2) Any ordinance, resolution, contract, agreement, policy, or procedure governing employment. (B) A ...

...On or before the first day of August in 1982 and on or before the first day of August in each year thereafter, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall certify to the treasurer of state the amount required to be paid in the preceding fiscal year to persons first receiving a benefit or allowance prior to July 1, 1981, under divisions (D), (E), (F), and (H)(2), (3), and (4) of section 742.37...

...(A) Effective July 1, 1981, each person eligible to receive an age and service or disability pension, allowance, or benefit pursuant to Chapter 742. of the Revised Code that was based upon an award made effective before January 1, 1974, shall have the person's monthly pension increased by five per cent, except that the twelve-month sum of such increase shall not exceed five per cent of the first five thousand dollars...

...(A) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who retired under section 742.37 of the Revised Code before February 28, 1980, may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance in a lesser amount payable for the remainder of the member's life and continuing after death to the member's spouse under one of the optional plans described under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 742.37...