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...Pending any proceedings under sections 505.491 and 505.492 of the Revised Code, an accused person may be suspended by the board of township trustees or joint police district board, but such suspension shall be for a period not longer than fifteen days, unless the hearing of such charges is extended upon the application of the accused, in which event the suspension shall not exceed thirty days.

...For the purpose of investigating charges filed pursuant to section 505.491 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees or joint police district board may issue subpoenas or compulsory process to compel the attendance of persons and the production of books and papers before it and provide by resolution for exercising and enforcing this section.

...In all cases in which the attendance of witnesses may be compelled for an investigation, under section 505.494 of the Revised Code, any member of the board of township trustees or of the joint police district board may administer the requisite oaths. The board has the same power to compel the giving of testimony by attending witnesses as is conferred upon courts. In all such cases, witnesses shall be entitled t...

...A board of township trustees may expend money from the general fund to make contributions to convention and visitors' bureaus operating within the county in which the township is located.

...(A) If the board of county commissioners of the county in which a township is located has not established a motor vehicle decal registration program under section 311.31 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may establish, by resolution, a voluntary motor vehicle decal registration program to be controlled and conducted by the chief law enforcement officer of the township within the unincorporated...

...(A) The board of township trustees may, by resolution, adopt by incorporation by reference, administer, and enforce within the unincorporated area of the township an existing structures code pertaining to the repair and continued maintenance of structures and the premises of those structures. For that purpose, the board shall adopt any model or standard code prepared and promulgated by this state, any department, boa...

...Local residential building regulations a board of township trustees adopts under section 505.75 of the Revised Code and an existing structures code the board adopts pursuant to section 505.73 of the Revised Code shall be made available to the public at the office of the board, and the section headings and numbers and a notice of the availability of the regulations shall be published within ten days after their adopti...

...The board of township trustees may acquire, maintain, and operate equipment and facilities for the collection and disposal of tree leaves. The cost of providing this service shall be paid from the general fund of the township, from the waste collection fund of the township created under section 505.31 of the Revised Code, or from any fund created pursuant to section 505.29 of the Revised Code into which moneys arisin...

...As used in this section, "authorized medicare reimbursement rate" means such rate established for the locality under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended. A board of township trustees may establish reasonable charges for the use of fire and rescue services, ambulance services, or emergency medical services. The board may establish different charges for tow...

...A board of township trustees may contract with a motor vehicle salvage dealer, as defined in section 4738.01 of the Revised Code, or a scrap metal processing facility, as defined in section 4737.05 of the Revised Code, for the removal or disposal of motor vehicles pursuant to section 505.173 or 505.871 or sections 4513.60 to 4513.64 of the Revised Code, and a board may contract with a storage facility or other ...

...(A) If a program grant is awarded for an eligible project under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees in which the project is situated, by resolution, may levy a special assessment upon residential property within the township for the purpose of providing a contribution from the township towards the broadband funding gap for the eligible project. Assessments under this sectio...

...(A) Whenever a board of township trustees considers it necessary to adopt a curfew for persons under eighteen years of age in any of the unincorporated areas of the township, the board may adopt a resolution setting forth the provisions of the curfew and declaring the necessity for it, together with a statement of the reasons for the necessity, and providing for its enforcement within the unincorporated area of the t...

...The board of township trustees of one or more townships and the legislative authority of one or more municipal corporations may enter into an agreement to jointly provide for the maintenance, repair, and improvement of township and municipal roads located within the townships and municipal corporations. An agreement entered into under this section shall include provisions governing all of the following: (A) The shar...

...A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution prohibiting in the unincorporated area of the township boxing matches or exhibitions to which sections 3773.31 to 3773.58 of the Revised Code apply.

...When the office of township fiscal officer becomes vacant, or when a township fiscal officer is unable to carry out the duties of office because of illness, because of entering the military service of the United States, because of a court ordered suspension as provided for under section 507.13 of the Revised Code, or because the fiscal officer is otherwise incapacitated or disqualified, the board of township trustees...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the township fiscal officer, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, shall give a bond, payable to the board of township trustees, with sureties approved by the board, in the sum determined by the board but not less than the sum provided in this section, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of townsh...

...(A) In calendar year 2018, the township fiscal officer shall be entitled to compensation as follows: (1) In townships having a budget of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or less, ten thousand nine hundred eighteen dollars; (2) In townships having a budget of more than two hundred fifty thousand but not more than five hundred thousand dollars, fourteen thousand thirty-nine dollars; (3) In townships having a bu...

...(A)(1) If a township fiscal officer purposely, knowingly, or recklessly fails to perform a fiscal duty expressly imposed by law with respect to the fiscal duties of the office of township fiscal officer or purposely, knowingly, or recklessly commits any act expressly prohibited by law with respect to the fiscal duties of that office, four residents of the township may submit sworn affidavits alleging the violation, t...

...The board of township trustees, whenever it has contracted to purchase a site and erect thereon a town hall, and suitable lands cannot be procured by contract for such purpose on reasonable terms, may appropriate land therefor, not to exceed one acre, by proceedings in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.

...The electors of a township in which a village is situated, and the electors of such village, may, if the electors of both so determine, unite in the enlargement, improvement, or erection of a public building. For such purpose, an application shall be made to and filed with the board of township trustees, signed by not less than twenty-five resident freeholders of such township, who are not residents of the village, ...

...At the next regular municipal election after the applications for the enlargement, improvement, or erection of a public building have been so filed under section 511.05 of the Revised Code, the question as to whether or not a tax shall be levied upon all the property subject to taxation in the township and village for the enlargement, improvement, or erection of such building, shall be submitted to the electors of th...

...If, at an election under section 511.06 of the Revised Code, two thirds of the electors of the township and of the village voting, vote in favor of such improvement, the board of township trustees and the legislative authority of the village shall jointly take such action as is necessary to carry out complete improvement.

...Whenever a petition is presented to the board of township trustees, signed by not less than fifteen per cent of the electors of the township as shown at the most recent general election held therein, requesting the submission to such electors of the question of issuing bonds in an amount not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, for purchasing a site, if necessary, and erecting and furnishing a memorial building, o...

...The board of township 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 ...

...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 the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, the contract shall...