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...When bids are required to be filed for the letting of contracts by the director of public service or the director of public safety, the city auditor or his chief deputy shall attend and assist at the opening thereof and inspect them.

...The city auditor may, when authorized by ordinance, appoint a deputy who, in the absence or disability of such auditor, shall perform his duties.

...The legislative authority of a city shall provide a seal for the city auditor, in the center of which shall be the name of the city, and around the margin the words "City Auditor," an impression of which seal shall be affixed to all transcripts, orders, certificates, or other papers requiring authentication.

...The mayor, director of public service, and the director of public safety constitute the board of control of a city. The mayor shall be ex officio president. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings. All votes shall be yeas and nays and entered on the record, and the vote of a majority of all the members of the board shall be necessary to adopt any question, motion, or order.

...Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of section 713.23, and sections 125.04 and 5513.01 of the Revised Code, no contract in the department of public service or the department of public safety, in excess of five thousand dollars, shall be awarded except on the approval of the board of control of the city, which board shall direct the director of the appropriate department to enter into the contract. The member...

...The mayor of a village shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election. He shall be an elector of the village and shall have resided in the village for at least one year immediately preceding his election. Such mayor shall be the chief conservator of the peace therein and shall have the powers and duties provided by law. He shall be the president of the legi...

...When the mayor is absent from the village, or is unable for any cause to perform his duties, the president pro tempore of the legislative authority shall be acting mayor. In case of the death, resignation, or removal of the mayor, such president pro tempore shall become the mayor and shall hold the office until his successor is elected and qualified. Such successor shall be elected to the office for the unexpired ter...

...The village clerk shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of April next after his election. He shall be an elector of the village.

...(A) The legislative authority of a village may, by ordinance or resolution passed by at least a majority vote, combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer into one office, to be known as the clerk-treasurer. The combination shall be effective on the first day of January following the next regular municipal election at which the village clerk is to be elected, provided that a clerk-treasurer shall be elect...

...(A) The village clerk shall attend all meetings of the legislative authority of the village, and keep a record of its proceedings and of all rules, bylaws, resolutions, and ordinances passed or adopted, which shall be subject to the inspection of all persons interested. In case of the absence of the clerk, such legislative authority shall appoint one of its members to perform the clerk's duties. (B) The village cler...

...The village clerk shall keep the books of the village, exhibit accurate statements of all moneys received and expended, of all the property owned by the village and the income derived therefrom, and of all taxes and assessments. The legislative authority of the village may, by majority vote, merge the duties of the clerk of the board of trustees of public affairs with those of the village clerk, allowing the village ...

...The legislative authority of a village shall provide a seal for the village clerk, in the center of which shall be the name of the village, and around the margin "Village Clerk," an impression of which seal shall be affixed to all transcripts, orders, certificates, or other papers requiring authentication.

...The major shall perform all the duties prescribed by the bylaws and ordinances of the municipal corporation. He shall see that all ordinances, bylaws, and resolutions of the legislative authority are faithfully obeyed and enforced. He shall sign all commissions, licenses, and permits granted by such legislative authority, or authorized by Title VII of the Revised Code, and such other instruments as by law or ordinanc...

...The mayor shall communicate to the legislative authority from time to time a statement of the finances of the municipal corporation, and such other information relating thereto and to the general condition of the affairs of such municipal corporation as he deems proper or as is required by the legislative authority.

...If, in the opinion of the mayor, an expenditure, authorized by the legislative authority, exceeds the revenues of the municipal corporation for the current year, he shall protest against such expenditure, and enter such protest, and the reason therefor, on the journal of the legislative authority.

...Pending any proceedings under sections 733.35 and 733.36 of the Revised Code, an accused person may be suspended by a majority vote of all members elected to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, but such suspension shall not be for a longer period than fifteen days, unless the hearing of such charges is extended upon the application of the accused, in which event the suspension shall not exceed thi...

...In all cases in which the attendance of witnesses may be compelled for an investigation under section 733.38 of the Revised Code, any member of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may administer the requisite oaths, and such legislative authority has the same power to compel the giving of testimony by attending witnesses as is conferred upon courts. In all such cases, witnesses shall be enti...

...At the first regular meeting in January of each year, and at such other times as the mayor deems expedient, he shall report to the legislative authority concerning the affairs of the municipal corporation, and recommend such measures as seem proper to him.

...The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election, except that the first municipal treasurer elected in a newly incorporated municipal corporation shall take office immediately upon receiving a certificate of election pursuant to section 3505.38 of the Revised Code and shall serve from that time until four years from the...

...The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall keep an accurate account of: (A) All moneys received by him, showing the amount thereof, the time received, from whom, and on what account received; (B) All disbursements made by him, showing the amount thereof, the time made, to whom, and on what account paid. He shall so arrange his books that the amount received and paid on account of separate funds, or specified ...

...The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall settle and account with the legislative authority, quarterly, and at any other time which it by resolution or ordinance requires. At the first regular meeting of such legislative authority in January, each year, the treasurer shall report to it the condition of the finances of the municipal corporation, the amount received by him, the sources of such receipts, the disbur...

...The treasurer of a municipal corporation, at the expiration of his term of office, or on his resignation or removal, shall deliver to his successor, all moneys, books, papers, and other property in his possession as treasurer. In the case of the death or incapacity of such treasurer, his legal representatives shall, in like manner, deliver the money and property which were in the treasurer's hands to the person ent...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, when it considers it necessary, the legislative authority of a village may provide legal counsel for the village, or for any department or official of the village, for a period not to exceed two years and shall provide compensation for the legal counsel. (B) A petition may be filed with the village clerk, signed by registered electors residing in the vill...

...The city director of law shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election. He shall be an elector of the city.

...No person shall be eligible to the office of city director of law who is not an attorney at law, admitted to practice in this state.