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...al, street commissioner, and such other officers and departments thereof as are created by law.

...Charges filed with the legislative authority under section 733.35 of the Revised Code, shall be heard at the next regular meeting thereof, unless the legislative authority extends the time for the hearing, which shall be done only on the application of the accused. The accused may appear in person and by counsel, examine all witnesses, and answer all charges against him. The judgment or action of the legislative auth...

...For the purpose of investigating charges filed pursuant to section 733.35 of the Revised Code against the head of any department or officer, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may issue subpoenas or compulsory process to compel the attendance of persons and the production of books and papers before it, and such legislative authority may provide by ordinance for exercising and enforcing this section.

...Except as otherwise provided in section 4511.193 of the Revised Code, all fines, forfeitures, and costs in ordinance cases and all fees that are collected by the mayor, that in any manner come into the mayor's hands, or that are due the mayor or a marshal, chief of police, or other officer of the municipal corporation, any other fees and expenses that have been advanced out of the treasury of the munici...

...d shall serve the several directors and officers provided in Title VII of the Revised Code as legal counsel and attorney. The director of law shall be prosecuting attorney of the mayor's court. When the legislative authority of the city allows assistants to the director of law, he may designate the assistants to act as prosecuting attorneys of the mayor's court. The person designated shall be subject to the approval...

...In case an officer or board of a municipal corporation fails to perform any duty expressly enjoined by law or ordinance, the village solicitor or city director of law shall apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of the duty.

...The official bonds of all officers of a municipal corporation shall be prepared by its village solicitor or city director of law. Except as otherwise provided in Title VII of the Revised Code, the bonds shall be in such sum as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation prescribes by general or special ordinance and shall be subject to the approval of the mayor. The mayor's bond shall be approved by the le...

...hat new duties have been imposed on the officers, or that any merely formal objection exists shall not be available in any suit on the instrument.

...In each municipal corporation having a fire engineer, engineer, or superintendent of markets, each such officer shall perform the duties prescribed by Title VII of the Revised Code and such other duties, not incompatible with the nature of his office, as the legislative authority by ordinance requires, and shall receive for his services such compensation by fees or salary, or both, as is provided by ordinance.

...In the case of a real and present emergency arising in connection with the operation and maintenance of the department of public service, including all municipally owned utilities, the department of public safety, or any other department, division, commission, bureau, or board of the municipality, the legislative authority of the municipality may by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected thereto, authorize the ...

...All contracts made by the director of public service shall be executed by him in the name of the city, one copy of which shall be filed in his office and one with the city auditor. No liability shall be created against the city as to any matters under the supervision of such director except by his express authority. No director of public service or officer or employee of his department shall be interested in any co...

... the next regular election of municipal officers held in the village occurring more than one hundred days after the appointment of such members by the mayor, as provided by section 735.28 of the Revised Code. Such board of trustees of public affairs shall have those powers and duties as provided by sections 735.28 and 735.29 of the Revised Code and as otherwise provided by law.

...The village administrator shall appoint officers, employees, agents, clerks, and assistants, provided such positions are first authorized by the legislative authority of the village; but such appointments shall be subject to approval by the mayor. Such appointments and the mayor's approval thereof shall be in writing, and shall be filed with the village clerk. The village administrator shall be under the general sup...

... the next regular election of municipal officers held in the village which occurs more than one hundred days after the appointment. In case of a vacancy in such board from death, resignation, or otherwise, it shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the legislative authority. The board shall organize by electing one of its members president. Unless the office of...

...rents or charges, and appoint necessary officers, employees, and agents. The board may make such bylaws and rules as it determines to be necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of such works, plants, and public utilities. These bylaws and rules, when not repugnant to municipal ordinances or to the constitution or laws of this state, shall have the same validity as ordinances. F...

... shall be by authorized law enforcement officers.

...lice protection, or to allow its police officers to work in multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task forces, may enter into contracts with one or more municipal corporations, townships, township police districts, joint police districts, or county sheriffs in this state, with one or more park districts created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, with one or more port authori...

...The police department of any municipal corporation may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district of this state, to a park district created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, to a port authority, to any multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task force, or to a governmental entity of an adjoinin...

...chief of the fire department and other officers, firefighters, and employees provided for by ordinance. Neither this section nor any other section of the Revised Code requires, or shall be construed to require, that the fire chief be a resident of the city. (B) No person shall be appointed as a permanent full-time paid member, whose duties include fire fighting, of the fire department of any city, unless either o...

...d transferring of all firemen and other officers and employees in the department, under such general rules and regulations as the director of public safety prescribes.

...The police force of a municipal corporation shall preserve the peace, protect persons and property, and obey and enforce all ordinances of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, all criminal laws of the state and the United States, all court orders issued and consent agreements approved pursuant to sections 2919.26 and 3113.31 of the Revised Code, all protection orders issued pursuant to section 2903...

...e right to suspend any of the deputies, officers, or employees in their respective departments and under their management and control, for incompetence, gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, habitual drunkenness, failure to obey orders given them by the proper authority, or for any other reasonable and just cause. If an employee is suspended under this section, the chief of police or the chief of the fire departm...

...Stolen or other property recovered by members of the police force of a municipal corporation shall be deposited and kept in a place designated by the mayor. Each such article shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose, with the name of the owner, if ascertained, the person from whom taken, the place where found with general circumstances, the date of its receipt, and the name of the officer receiving it. An in...

...(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which is established a municipal court, other than a county-operated municipal court, that has a department of probation shall establish in the municipal treasury a municipal probation services fund. The fund shall contain all moneys paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation under section 2951.021 of the Revised Code for deposit into the fund. The t...

...The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make all rules for the distribution of the fund, including the qualifications of those to whom any portion of the fund shall be paid and the amount thereof, but no rules shall be in force until approved by the board or officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation.