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...All the proceedings of the board of county commissioners shall be public, at the office provided for the board in the county seat, or at another location, as provided in division (B) of section 305.06 or division (B) of section 305.07 of the Revised Code, and, as far as possible, shall be in conformity with the rules of parliamentary law. If the clerk of the board maintains the full record of the proceedings ...

... for the permanent seat of justice in a county, the board of county commissioners shall provide a suitable place for holding the courts of such county.

...lution submitted to the electors of any county, and receiving an affirmative majority of the votes cast thereon, shall be held ineffective or void on account of the insufficiency of the petitions by which such submission of the resolution was procured, nor shall the rejection, by a majority of the votes cast thereon, of any resolution submitted to the electors of such county, be held invalid for such insufficiency. N...

...If a county commissioner is required by law to serve as an ex officio member on a board, commission, or other body of the county or of another political subdivision, including a joint district, but has or may have a conflict of interest under division (D) of section 102.03 of the Revised Code, or has or may have an unlawful interest in a public contract under section 2921.42 of the Revised Code, regarding the commiss...

...ty created by the exclusive action of a county shall be appointed by the county commissioners of such county. A board of trustees of an authority created by two or more political subdivisions shall consist of such number of members, who shall have such qualifications and who shall be appointed by such public officers as shall be provided in the resolutions or ordinances creating such authority or any amendments there...

...it authority whose territory includes a county having a population of more than seven hundred fifty thousand but less than nine hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census. (2) "Qualifying project" means the general construction or maintenance of roads or bridges related to the provision of service by a qualifying regional transit authority. (3) "Qualifying bonds" means bonds or similar obliga...

...ipal corporations which are in the same county or in contiguous counties, any one of which is adjacent to another state, may enter into an agreement, to the extent and in the manner authorized by the laws of the United States, with entities or instrumentalities of government of other states or of the United States, to provide for the creation of a regional transit commission which will provide services and facilities...

...6.01 of the Revised Code. A board of county commissioners, by adoption of an appropriate resolution, may choose to have the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services license any emergency medical service organization it operates. If a board adopts such a resolution, Chapter 4766. of the Revised Code, except for sections 4766.06 and 4766.99 of the Revised Code, applies to the county ...

...enever it is necessary for the board of county commissioners to determine the value of any real property owned by the county, 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 it an appropriation proceeding, and shall pay a reasonable compensation for such services.

...A board of county commissioners may purchase or appropriate real property in the unincorporated territory of the county in order to do all of the following: (A) Sell or lease the property; (B) After the property is leased or purchased from the county, exempt from real property taxes under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code part or all of an improvement to the property; (C) Once an improvement to the property is e...

...The board of county commissioners may receive bequests, donations, and gifts of real and personal property and money to promote and advance the cause of education in the county. All property and money so received by the board, or which has been bequeathed and bestowed upon such board and remains undisposed of, may be paid to any incorporated institution of learning in the county, or a part may be used each year to de...

..."bonds" means notes or bonds. When the county commissioners elect pursuant to section 307.283 of the Revised Code to make grant award payments in excess of the balance in the community improvement fund, the board may, for the purpose of making such payments, issue bonds in an amount that, when combined with the cost of the issuance of the bonds, does not exceed the total amount of such excess. The issuance of such b...

...The board of county commissioners may publish an annual report, to be made available to the residents of the county, setting forth information showing the progress and activities of the various departments of the county government.

...ed, amended, or changed by the board of county commissioners, shall be made available to the public at the office of the board, and the section numbers and a notice of the availability of such regulations shall be published within ten days after their adoption, amendment, or change, using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the coun...

...owned, hired, or leased by the board of county commissioners for the use of any county official or employee, for any purpose other than the transaction of official business or in a ridesharing arrangement established in accordance with section 1551.25 of the Revised Code.

...ers, or the prosecuting attorney of any county in the state seeking the return of a felon has received notice of waiver of extradition, the board of county commissioners may pay, from the county treasury to the agent designated in such requisition, request to the president, or order by the prosecuting attorney seeking return, all necessary expenses of pursuing and returning the person so charged, or so much of such e...

...If the county owns any securities of the United States, or any other securities, and they have been lost, destroyed, or stolen, the board of county commissioners, if necessary for the procuring of duplicates or for the recovery of the amount of such certificates, may execute and deliver on behalf of the county bonds of indemnity to the United States, or other person, corporation, or municipal corporation bound to pay...

...(A) The board of county commissioners may allow a physician or surgeon making a post mortem examination at the instance of the coroner or other officer such compensation as it deems proper. (B) A board of county commissioners may appropriate annually an amount to any municipal corporation within the county to be used to compensate or recruit physicians or other medical personnel who provide medical services for resi...

...The board of county commissioners of any county bordering Lake Erie may construct, open, enlarge, excavate, improve, deepen, straighten, or extend any harbor located in whole or in part within such county, and within the corporate limits of a municipal corporation having an aggregate tax duplicate of less than five hundred million dollars, and any such work shall be a permanent improvement within section 133.15 of th...

...The board of county commissioners, upon the petition of one hundred or more resident taxpayers and qualified voters of the county, the approval of the court of common pleas of the county, and a favorable vote of the electors in accordance with section 133.18 of the Revised Code, may issue bonds for the purpose of assisting the construction of the canal or waterway mentioned in section 307.67 of the Revised Code. The ...

...contributions, the respective boards of county commissioners may enter into such proper arrangements and agreements with the secretary of defense, or any other public authority empowered to act in the premises under any act of congress or of the general assembly of this or the legislative authority of any other state, as is necessary for such purposes; and also with counties and other public authorities, of this or o...

...The board of county commissioners, with the consent of a municipal corporation, may purchase water from said municipal corporation, and may construct and maintain aqueduct or water lines required for the transmission of such water to a county owned or operated property whenever, upon resolution of the board, it is determined necessary for the protection or general use of said county property. The board, with the aut...

...The board of county commissioners of any county, pursuant to a favorable vote of the electors, may, subject to the conditions prescribed in section 307.77 of the Revised Code, issue bonds for the purpose of assisting the construction, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of a public improvement of a kind set forth in division (B)(1) or (2) of section 307.77 of the Revised Code. The proceedings for the authorization...

...ting counties, the respective boards of county commissioners may enter into such agreements with any public authority empowered to act with respect to any public improvement set forth in division (B)(1) and (2) of section 307.77 of the Revised Code under any act of congress or of the general assembly of this state, or the legislative authority of any other state, and also with counties and other subdivisions set fort...

...The county recorder shall be the chief administrator of the county microfilming board and may employ a deputy who shall serve under his direction. The recorder or his deputy shall supervise the operation of the microfilming center. Subject to approval by the board, the administrator shall employ such other persons as are necessary for the operation of the center and shall fix the compensation of the deputy and all...