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...(A) In case of the death, resignation, or removal of the mayor, the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of that city who are members of the city central committee if there is one, or if not then of the county central committee, of the political party that nominated the last occupant of the office as a candidate for that office...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the president of the legislative authority of a city shall be elected for a term of two years, commencing on the first day of January next after election. The president of the legislative authority shall be an elector of the city, and shall preside at all regular and special meetings of such legislative authority, but the president shall have no ...

...The auditor of a city 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.

...The city auditor shall keep the books of the city and exhibit accurate statements of all moneys received and expended, of all property owned by the city and the income derived therefrom, and of all taxes and assessments. In cities having a population of less than twenty thousand the legislative authority thereof may, by a majority vote, merge the duties of the clerk of the water works, clerk of the board of control, ...

...The city auditor or village clerk shall not allow the amount set aside for any appropriation to be overdrawn, or the amount appropriated for one item of expense to be drawn upon for any other purpose or allow a voucher to be paid unless sufficient funds are in the treasury of the municipal corporation to the credit of the fund upon which such voucher is drawn. When any claim is presented to the auditor or clerk, he m...

...Each city auditor or village clerk who is required to make a certificate under section 733.15 of the Revised Code, and each clerk of the court of common pleas required to record such certificate when it is presented for record, who neglects or refuses to perform such duty, shall pay fifteen dollars to the treasurer of the municipal corporation for each such neglect or refusal, to be recovered in a civil action, at th...

...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...