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...When a vacancy occurs in the board of county commissioners or in the office of county auditor, county treasurer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, county recorder, county engineer, or coroner more than forty days before the next general election for state and county officers, the vacancy shall be filled as provided for in divisions (A) and (B) of section 305.02 of the Revised Co...

...The board of county commissioners shall determine its own rules and order of business and cause a journal of its proceedings to be kept. A majority of the members elected to the board shall constitute a quorum to do business. No action of the board shall be valid or binding unless adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected to the board.

...The board of county commissioners shall organize on the first Monday of each year, by the election of one of its members as president and one other member as vice-president for terms of one year. The president shall preside at all regular and special sessions of the board. Notwithstanding section 305.05 of the Revised Code, when the president of the board is absent from the county or unable to perform his duties , o...

...The board of county commissioners is the policy-determining body of the county. Except as otherwise provided by sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, it has all the powers and duties vested by law in boards of county commissioners. All powers and duties which may be vested by law in counties or in county officers or agencies, or which may be transferred to the county by action of a township or mu...

...duties otherwise vested in the board of county commissioners, the board may: (A) Establish a department of finance, a department of human services, a department of health which shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the general health district according to policies established by the board of county commissioners notwithstanding Chapter 3709. of the Revised Code, a purchasing department, a department of...

...There shall be a county executive, who shall be the chief executive officer of the county. He shall be either an elective county executive as provided for in section 302.15 of the Revised Code, or an appointive county executive as provided for in section 302.16 of the Revised Code. In case of the absence or disability of the county executive as determined by the board of county commissioners, his duties shall be per...

...In a county adopting the elective executive plan the chief executive officer shall be known as the county executive. The county executive shall be elected at the first regular county general election following the adoption of the alternative form and shall hold his office for a term of four years. Only an elector of the county shall be eligible for election as county executive and shall be nominated and elected in th...

...In a county adopting the appointive executive plan, the county executive shall be an elector of the county and appointed by the board of county commissioners. No persons elected to membership on the board of county commissioners shall thereafter be eligible for appointment as county executive until the conclusion of one year after the expiration of the term for which he was elected. The county executive shall be ap...

...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.

...ounty executive may apply to all or any items of an ordinance appropriating money. Certification of a veto must be made by the county executive within ten days of its adoption by the board of county commissioners, and the board of county commissioners may override the veto by a two-thirds vote of all its members. Under the elective executive plan an ordinance or resolution shall become effective upon approval by the ...

...24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the county executive shall: (A) Prepare and recommend to the board of county commissioners the annual tax budget and county appropriation resolution; (B) Keep the board advised of the financial condition and future needs of the county; (C) Prepare and submit to the board such measures as he deems necessary for the conduct of the county's business; (D) Attend meetings of the boa...

...ts of the financial transactions of the county and of the department and shall determine the form of the financial records and accounts to be kept by a county department, office, or agency. The accounting system shall be so designed as to avoid the keeping of duplicate records of tax and other financial transactions insofar as is consistent with proper accounting control. (B) Examine and determine the regularity, le...

... serve as legal advisor to the board of county commissioners, the county executive, and the county departments, offices, and agencies responsible to the board and the county executive. The director of law shall give written opinions as to the law when specifically requested so to do by the board or the county executive, act as counsel for the board and the county executive in any proceeding instituted by or against t...

...les that, when adopted by the board of county commissioners after public hearing, shall be the sole basis for determining the provisions and procedures of the county personnel system. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, personnel rules adopted by the board of county commissioners pursuant to this section, may provide for, but need not be limited to, the following: (A) Classificat...

...n and correction administration for the county. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 341. of the Revised Code, the department of detention and correction shall assume all responsibility for county jails assigned by that chapter to the county sheriff and shall make and promulgate rules and regulations for the care and custody of prisoners and the maintenance and operation of the county jail. Such rules and regula...

...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...

...The board of county commissioners as provided in section 302.22 of the Revised Code may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, township, port authority, water or sewer district, school district, library district, health district, park district, soil and water conservation district, water conservancy district, or other taxing district, or with the board of any other county...

...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...

...In the absence from an agreement entered into under sections 302.21 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, of a specification of its own duration, such agreement shall continue in effect until it is rescinded. Every such agreement, whether for a definite term or of indefinite duration, may provide for its own rescission. In the absence of any such provision, such agreement may, at any time, be rescinded by the a...

...h property, subject, in the case of the disposal or encumbrance of such real property by the board, to the consent of the legislative authority of the contracting subdivision; or may convey its use only, or any estate or title less than absolute; may limit the power of the board to dispose of such property; and may provide for its return, disposition, division, or distribution, in the event of the rescission or ...

...As used in sections 303.02 to 303.25 of the Revised Code, "agriculture" includes farming; ranching; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; aquaculture; apiculture; horticulture; viticulture; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production ...

... public health and safety, the board of county commissioners may regulate by resolution, in accordance with a comprehensive plan, the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, including tents, cabins, and trailer coaches, percentages of lot areas that may be occupied, set back building lines, sizes of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population, the use...

...The board of county commissioners may designate street names and assign numbers to buildings along streets in unincorporated areas. The owners of such buildings shall number or renumber such buildings in accordance with the numbers assigned by the county commissioners.

...A county zoning resolution or amendment adopted in accordance with this chapter may establish or modify planned-unit developments. Planned-unit development regulations shall apply to property only at the election of the property owner and shall include standards to be used by the board of county commissioners or, if the board so chooses, by the county zoning commission, in determining whether to approve or disapprov...

...Any planned-unit development regulations adopted in accordance with section 303.12 of the Revised Code, or any planned-unit developments constructed or approved in a preliminary or final form, under the provisions of a zoning resolution adopted prior to the effective date of this section, if otherwise lawful had they originated on that date, shall be deemed to have been lawful from their origin and the developments s...