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...n to discontinue an alternative form of county government under sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or to adopt another alternative form of county government pursuant to sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be submitted to the electors of the county at any general election in the manner provided for the submission of an alternative form of county government pursuant to...

...The county executive shall be responsible for the proper administration of the affairs of the county placed in his charge, and, by resolution of the board of county commissioners, may serve as the head of any county department created by the board pursuant to sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, provided he has the qualifications required by law.

...nctions related to the operation of the county's sewer and water systems. The board of county commissioners may create a board of trustees to serve at its pleasure and may assign to such board such functions and responsibilities as are by law delegated to the board of county commissioners in Chapters 6117. and 6103. of the Revised Code as they pertain to the operation of a county sewer system and a county water syste...

...by the contracting subdivision into the county treasury, in consideration of the performance of the agreement. In cases where it is deemed practicable, the agreement may provide that payment shall be made by the retention in the treasury of the amounts due from taxes collected for the contracting subdivision and the county auditor and county treasurer shall be governed by any such provision in settling the accounts f...

...evised Code, prior to the adoption of a county rural zoning resolution by the board of county commissioners, and the county plan includes any area covered by the township zoning plan, the zoning resolution adopted by the board of township trustees shall take precedence over the zoning resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners, unless a majority of the voters in such zoned area of the township voting on ...

...The board of county commissioners, for the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may formulate for the county a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate, and prevent the development or spread of, slums and blight, to encourage needed county rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of slum and blighted areas, or to undertake such of t...

...A county renewal plan may be modified at any time. If such a plan is modified after the lease or sale by the county of real property in the county renewal area, such modification may be conditioned upon such approval of the owner, lessee, or successor in interest as the board of county commissioners may deem advisable, and in any event shall be subject to such rights at law or in equity as a lessee or purchaser, or h...

...A board of county commissioners may levy assessments against specially benefited lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas for any purpose within or without such area or areas for which special assessments may be levied by a county. In the exercise of such power to levy special assessments, the provisions of, including but not limited to Chapters 5555., 5559., 6103., and 6117. of the Revised Code, shall con...

...(A) The board of county commissioners shall conduct at least fifty regular sessions each year, at an office provided for the board in the county seat or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section. Each of these sessions shall be conducted at a specific time fixed in advance. At each meeting the board shall transact such business as it considers necessary or as required by law. (B) The board of c...

...As used in this section, "county officer or employee" includes, but is not limited to, a member or employee of the county board of elections. The board of county commissioners of any county may establish and maintain a health savings account program whereby county officers or employees may establish and maintain health savings accounts in accordance with section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code. Public moneys may be...

...Each county officer or department head shall make an inventory, on the second Monday in January of each year, of all the materials, machinery, tools, and other county supplies under the jurisdiction of such county officer or department head. Such inventory shall be a public record, made in duplicate, and one copy shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners and one copy with the county auditor.

...The county commissioners may advance funds from any available fund of the county for purchase or acquisition of a transit system, surveys, planning, and mass transportation studies. The amount advanced may be reimbursed from any funds of the county transit board including the proceeds of the sale of bonds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, or equipment of the county transit system.

...The county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system may issue refunding bonds of the county to refund any bonds previously issued under division (B) of section 306.09 of the Revised Code for any of the following purposes: (A) Refunding bonds which have matured or are about to mature when the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys pledged for the payment of such bo...

...ombination thereof, provided, that each county, municipal corporation, or township included within a regional transit authority shall be a county which is, or be located in a county which is or is contiguous to a county which is, or in which a municipal corporation or township is located which is, included in such regional transit authority.

...The board of county commissioners of any county included within a regional transit authority may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the regional transit authority to be paid by such county as provided in the resolution creating or enlarging the regional transit authority adopted under section 306.32 or 306.32...

...(A) The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, enter into agreements to provide for the construction or repair of public infrastructure improvements that benefit a tract on which an improvement for which the county has granted an exemption from real property taxes under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code is located and that are designated in the resolution adopted under that section. (B) The board may, b...

...The board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, and such legislative authority may enter into agreements with the board, whereby the legislative authority undertakes, and is authorized by the board of county commissioners to provide for facilities, personnel, and equipment for the control of air and water pollution, and to render such other se...

...The board of county commissioners may, provide for the organization and maintenance of civic and social centers throughout the county, employ an expert director who shall superintend and administer the centers, and levy a tax and create a fund for the payment of all expenses involved in the social and educational work contemplated in this section. Any municipal corporations carrying on similar work shall, at the opti...

...Boards of county commissioners may make contributions of money, supplies, equipment, office facilities, and other property or services, which will be of value or use to organized soil conservation districts, within or without the boundaries of such county, if said board determines that the work accomplished by such conservation districts will be of value to the general welfare and benefit of such county. Any money ex...

...When the board of county commissioners considers that the public good so requires, it shall authorize and require the county engineer to ascertain, by actual survey and evidence, the corners of each or any of the originally surveyed townships in such county, and there place, perpendicularly in the ground, a stone post, not less than ten inches in diameter nor less than three feet long. The board shall furnish the pos...

...The board of county commissioners shall provide for the relief, out of the general funds of the county, of any person temporarily or permanently disabled by reason of his automobile being commandeered by any police officer of the county or other political subdivision in the discharge of his duty. Such board shall pay, out of the general funds of the county, to the husband or wife or other dependents of any person who...

...There is hereby created in each county treasury a county law library resources fund, effective January 1, 2010. The fund shall receive all revenue that is required to be deposited into the fund pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 307.51 and section 307.515 of the Revised Code, appropriated to the fund from the general fund by the board of county commissioners pursuant to ...

...de. (B) The legislative authority of a county with a population of one million two hundred thousand or more according to the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent annual population estimate published or released by the United States census bureau at the time the resolution is adopted placing the levy on the ballot, may, by resolution adopted on or before July 1, 2008, by a majority of the mem...

...The board of county commissioners of any county or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may cooperate with, give financial assistance to, and provide equipment to any nonprofit corporation engaged in promoting safety in this state, to any nonprofit corporation that provides ambulance service, emergency medical services, or nonemergency patient transport services in this state, to any nonprofit corpora...

...The legislative authority of a county may appropriate moneys from its general fund to be expended by the county or by joint agreement with one or more other political subdivisions or by private, nonprofit organizations for the public purpose of encouraging economic development of the county or area through promotion of tourism. Semiannual reports on the use of the expenditures shall be made to the legislative author...