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...renovate capital facilities for use as county, multicounty, municipal-county, and multicounty-municipal jail facilities or workhouses, as single-county or district community-based correctional facilities authorized under section 2301.51 of the Revised Code, as minimum security misdemeanant jails under sections 341.34 and 753.21 of the Revised Code, and as single-county or joint-county juvenile facilities autho...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of any county may do both of the following without following the competitive bidding requirements of section 307.86 of the Revised Code: (1) Enter into a lease, including a lease with an option to purchase, of correctional facilities for a term not in excess of forty years. Before entering into the lease, the board shall publish a notice that the board is accepting proposals f...

...A board of county commissioners may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, operate, lease, or otherwise contract for the acquisition or use of sports facilities, as defined in section 307.696 of the Revised Code. The authority granted by this section is not subject to the limitations imposed under sections 307.02 and 307.09 of the Revised Code.

...The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, permit the use of public grounds or buildings under its control for a public library or any other public purpose, upon such terms as it prescribes.

...The board of county commissioners may, at any time before or after the completion of any county building, award contracts for supplying such building with light, heat, or power for any period of time not exceeding ten years, except a contract entered into under section 9.48 of the Revised Code may exceed ten years. Sections 5705.41 and 5705.44 of the Revised Code shall not apply to any such contracts.

... or remodeling approved by the board of county commissioners as an energy conservation measure. (B) For the purpose of evaluating county buildings for energy conservation measures, a county may contract with an architect, professional engineer, energy services company, contractor, or other person experienced in the design and implementation of energy conservation measures for an energy conservation report. The repo...

...less provided for by contract between a county and a municipal corporation, a county may not regulate the utility rates of users of a municipal utility.

...5.01 of the Revised Code. A board of county commissioners may operate an ambulance service organization or emergency medical service organization, or, in counties with a population of forty thousand or less, may operate a nonemergency patient transport service organization, or may enter into a contract with one or more counties, townships, municipal corporations, nonprofit corporations, joint emergency medic...

...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 ...

...The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may, by adoption of a joint resolution by a majority of the members of each such board, create a joint emergency medical services district for the purpose of providing emergency medical services to the district. The joint resolution shall provide for the financial support of the district by the participating counties, and shall provide for the division of the...

...the district, appointed by the board of county commissioners of each county participating in the district. Each person appointed to the board shall be a resident of the district. Any member of an appointing board of county commissioners may be appointed to serve on the district's board of trustees. Membership on the board does not constitute the holding of an incompatible public office or employment in violation of ...

...e district shall be treated the same as county employees for the purposes of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code and any other provisions of state law applicable to county employees. Instead of or in addition to appointing employees of the district, the board of trustees may contract with one or more of the participating counties for county employees to serve the district and for the district to share in their com...

... the case of a contract with a board of county commissioners for the provision of services of an emergency medical service organization, any contract entered into by a joint emergency medical services district shall conform to the same bidding requirements that apply to county contracts under sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. (F) A county participating in a joint district may contribute any of its...

...In addition to exercising its powers granted by section 307.055 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district may do any of the following: (A) Maintain an office and such other facilities as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of emergency medical services; (B) Pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, and sickness a...

...dical services district to the board of county commissioners of each county located in whole or in part within the district that taxes need to be levied pursuant to Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code or that bonds or other evidences of indebtedness need to be issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code in order to provide the services and equipment necessary for the operation of the district, the boards of cou...

...y joint ambulance district located in a county that is a participant in the joint emergency medical services district may join that joint emergency medical services district by adopting a resolution requesting inclusion and presenting it to the board of trustees of the joint emergency medical services district. Upon the board's approval of this request, the joint ambulance district shall become a part of the joint em...

...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) The board of county commissioners, by resolution, may create an office of economic development, to develop and promote plans and programs designed to assure that county resources are efficiently used, economic growth is properly balanced, and that county economic development is coordinated with that of the state and other local governments. For this purpose, the board may appropriate moneys from the county ...

...n, when, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, it is necessary to procure real estate, a right-of-way, or an easement for a courthouse, a jail, or public offices, for a bridge and the approaches to it, or for another structure, public market place, or market house, proceedings shall be had in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) For the purposes of division (B) of thi...

...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...

...(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...

...A board of county commissioners may purchase real estate at public auction by designating an individual to represent the board and tender bids at the auction, subject to a maximum purchase amount established by the board or an appraisal obtained prior to sale. A purchase made under this section is subject to division (D) of section 5705.41 of the Revised Code.

...When the board of county commissioners determines that it serves the interests of the county, the board may procure real estate within the county by purchase or by appropriation under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code and donate it to the state, the department of rehabilitation and correction, or the United States bureau of prisons for the construction of a state correctional institution or a federal corr...

...(A) If the interests of the county so require, the board of county commissioners may sell any real property belonging to the county and not needed for public use, including all or portions of buildings acquired by the board to house county offices, or may lease or rent the same, but no such lease shall be for a longer term than five years, unless such lease is part of a lease-purchase agreemen...

...The board of county commissioners may sell, lease, or transfer all or any part of the property and assets of a hospital or medical and health care facility or institution owned by the county to a medical school or college established and supported by this state, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed by the board of county commissioners and the board of trustees governing such medical school or college and s...