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...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall, by ordinance, fix the salary of its members which shall be paid in equal monthly installments. For each absence from regular meetings of the legislative authority, unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of all members thereof, there shall be deducted a sum equal to two per cent of such annual salary. Absence for ten successive regular meetings shall operate...

...t meeting following each regular municipal election, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall elect one of its members as chairman and one other member as vice-chairman. The chairman shall preside at meetings of the legislative authority and perform such duties as are imposed upon him, as presiding officer, by the legislative authority. In municipal corporations in which a municipal court is not oth...

...A majority of all members of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation constitutes a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the legislative authority is necessary to adopt any motion, ordinance, or resolution, and on the passage of every ordinance or resolution the vote shall be taken by "yea...

...(A) All ordinances or resolutions shall be in effect after thirty days from the date of their passage, except as provided in section 705.75 of the Revised Code. (B) A succinct summary of each ordinance and resolution of a general nature, or providing for public improvements, or assessing property shall, upon passage of the ordinance or resolution, be promptly published one time in a newspaper of general circul...

...An annual tax ordinance to determine the amount of the tax levy shall be prepared by the mayor, the chairman of the commission, or the city manager, as the case may be, under the direction of the legislative authority. For the purpose of preparing such ordinances such officer shall require from the head of each office or department for which appropriations are made, a detailed statement, upon uniform blanks furnished...

...An annual appropriation ordinance shall be prepared by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation from estimates submitted by the mayor, the chairperson of the commission, or the city manager, as the case may be, in the manner provided in section 705.17 of the Revised Code for the annual tax ordinance. The annual appropriation ordinance shall be submitted to the legislative authority at its first meet...

...No money shall be drawn from the treasury of a municipal corporation except in pursuance of appropriations made by the legislative authority, and whenever an appropriation is so made the clerk shall forthwith give notice to the auditor and treasurer. Appropriations may be made in furtherance of improvements or other objects or work of the municipal corporation which will not be completed within the current year. At t...

... warrant for the payment of any claim shall be issued by the auditor until such claim is approved by the head of the department for which the indebtedness was incurred. Each head of a department and his surety shall be liable to the municipal corporation for all loss or damage sustained by such municipal corporation by reason of the negligence or corrupt approval of any claim against the municipal corporation in his...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or any committee thereof authorized by it, may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and other evidence at any meeting of such legislative authority or committee, and for that purpose may issue subpoenas or attachments in any case of injury or investigation, to be signed by the presiding officer of such legislative authority or ch...

...r the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall have an annual report printed, in pamphlet form, giving: (A) The classified statement of all receipts, expenditures, assets, and liabilities of the municipal corporation; (B) A detailed comparison of such receipts and expenditures with those of the preceding year; (C) A summary of the proceedings of the legislative authority and a summary of the operatio...

...d the mayor in cities adopting the federal plan, shall appoint three persons who shall constitute the municipal civil service commission. Not more than two of such persons shall be of the same political party and they shall serve, one for two years, one for four years, and one for six years. Upon the expiration of the terms of office of such members of the municipal civil service commission, their successors shall be...

...The salaries of the members of the municipal civil service commission and of their assistants shall be determined by ordinance. The commission shall enforce Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, and shall make rules for the proper performance of its duties.

...The salary of an elective officer shall not be changed during the term for which such officer was elected. All fees and perquisites appertaining to any municipal office or officer shall be paid into the treasury of the municipal corporation, and shall be credited to the general fund. No officer or employee of the municipal corporation shall receive otherwise than as the representative of the municipal corporation an...

...The duties of all officers and employees of a municipal corporation shall be those prescribed by sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or by ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority.

...ept as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the treasurer, auditor, and such other officers or employees of the municipal corporation as the legislative authority directs, shall give a bond to the municipal corporation for the faithful performance of their duties, in such sum as the legislative authority fixes by ordinance or resolution. Premiums on official bonds may b...

...Every officer of a municipal corporation and every employee holding a position upon an annual salary, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation, which shall be filed and kept in the office of the clerk of the municipal corporation, that he will: (A) Support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and the charter and ordinances of the municipal...

...on any office or department of a municipal corporation under the laws of the state, or any ordinance which is in force on August 9, 1913, shall, if such office or department is abolished in pursuance of sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the officer, board, or department upon which corresponding functions, powers, and duties are imposed under such...

...Any municipal corporation that has operated for five years under any plan provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86 of the Revised Code, may abandon such organization and adopt any organization or form of government provided by such sections and designated in the petition, by proceeding as follows: upon the filing with the board of elections of a petition containing the names of not less than ten per cent of the electors...

...The ballots used in all elections provided for in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be without party marks or designations. The names of candidates on such ballots shall be printed in rotation as follows: (A) The ballots shall be printed in as many series as there are candidates for the office for which there is the greatest number of candidates. (B) The whole number of ballots to be ...

...The candidates at the regular municipal election, equal in number to the places to be filled in each office, who received the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected. In case it cannot be determined which of two or more candidates shall be declared elected, by reason of the fact that they have received the same number of votes, the election authorities shall determine by lot which of said candidates shall ...

...5.48, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be known as the "commission plan." In municipal corporations organized under such sections the only elective officers shall be the members of the municipal commission. Three commissioners shall be chosen in municipal corporations having not more than ten thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding federal census, and five commissioners in all other municipal corpor...

...e, the entire number of commissioners shall be chosen. In municipal corporations having three commissioners, the candidate having the highest number of votes at such first election shall hold office for four years, and the remaining commissioners shall hold office for two years. In municipal corporations choosing five commissioners, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at such first election shall...

...The commission shall meet at the regular place for holding such meetings, at ten a.m. on the first day of January after its election, at which time the newly elected commissioners shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter the commission shall meet in legislative session at least twice each month and in administrative session at least once each week, at such times as are prescribed by ordinance or resolutio...

...r resolution passed by the commission shall be signed by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days, and shall be recorded by him.

...The powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the Ohio Constitution, and any additional powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the general assembly, shall be exercised by the commission or under its direction, unless the exercise of such powers is expressly conferred upon some other authority of the municipal corporation or reserved to the people thereof.