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...he 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 b...

...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 corporations. All such commissioners shall be elected from the municipal corporation at large.

...48, inclusive, of the Revised Code, 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 v...

... 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 resolution, but no legislative business shall be considered or acted upon at administrative se...

...igned by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days, and shall be recorded by him.

...he 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.

...The commission shall appoint a clerk, treasurer, and auditor. If the commission is the commission of a village, the commission shall also appoint a solicitor. If the commission is the commission of a city, the commission shall also appoint a city director of law. Provision may be made by ordinance for the performance of the duties of clerk and treasurer by the same person.

...t of all officers and employees of the municipal corporation; (C) Remove any such officers or employees by a majority vote of all members of the commission, and by ordinance or resolution prescribe, limit, or change the compensation of such officers and employees.

... commissioners. Such action shall not release the commission as a whole from responsibility for the condition of any department or branch of government so assigned.

...preceding federal census, who shall be elected at large. The council shall constitute the governing body of such municipal corporation with power to: (A) Pass ordinances; (B) Adopt resolutions; (C) Appoint a chief administration officer, to be known as the city manager; (D) Approve all appointments made by the city manager, except as provided in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code; (E...

...for a term of four years. At the first election in municipal corporations having five councilmen, the three candidates having the highest number of votes shall serve for four years and the two candidates having the next highest number of votes shall serve for two years. In municipal corporations having more than five councilmen, a majority of those elected having the highest number of votes shall serve for a period ...

... on the first day of January after its election, at which time the newly elected councilmen shall assume the duties of their office. At this meeting the council shall elect one of its members as chairman and one other member as vice-chairman. Thereafter the council shall meet in regular session at least twice each month, at such times and places as are fixed by ordinance. The clerk shall call special sessions of th...

...igned by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days, and shall be recorded by him.

...y, shall be exercised by the council, unless the exercise of such powers is expressly conferred upon some other authority of the municipal corporation or reserved to the people thereof. In municipal corporations in which a municipal court is not provided by law, each councilman may perform all of the general duties of mayors, as provided in section 733.30 of the Revised Code, and shall have such jurisdiction as is p...

...r in the electric light or water department of the municipal corporation, or both, and as clerk to the city manager and as clerk to the civil service commission of the municipal corporation. Council may provide that a part of the salary of the auditor shall be paid from the income of any publicly-owned utility or cemetery operated by the municipal corporation, the part to be fixed by the council with reference to the...

...ay: (A) Create and discontinue departments, offices, and employments; (B) Appoint or provide for the appointment of all officers and employees of the municipal corporation; (C) Remove any such officer or employee by a majority vote of all members; (D) By ordinance or resolution prescribe, limit, or change the compensation of such officers and employees.

...uncil and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the council. In the event that the city manager is absent from his office by reason of illness, death, vacation, resignation, or removal, the member of council serving as chairman shall act as city manager and perform all the duties of such office, until such time as the city manager returns to his duties or the council appoints a new city manager to fill the vacanc...

...red by that body, or as he deems advisable; (F) Keep the council fully advised of the financial condition of the municipal corporation and its future needs; (G) Prepare and submit to the council a tentative budget for the next fiscal year; (H) Perform such other duties as the council determines by ordinance or resolution; (I) Sign all contracts and bonds for and on behalf of the muncipal corporation.

...shall be fixed by the council with reference to the proportion of the city manager's time devoted to such utility. Before entering upon the duties of office, the city manager shall take the oath required by section 705.28 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the city manager shall execute a bond in favor of the municipal corporation for t...

...rporations adopting such plan the only elective officers shall be the mayor and members of council.

...f not less than five nor more than fifteen members In municipal corporations of less than ten thousand population, members of the council shall be elected at large; in all others they shall be elected from wards or at large, as determined by the vote provided for in section 705.03 of the Revised Code. The term of office of such members shall be two years when the council is elected by wards, and four years when the c...

...e, in any municipal corporation having ten thousand inhabitants or more, the municipal corporation shall be divided into wards by the legislative authority existing under the plan of government to be superseded. Immediately after the proclamation by the secretary of state as to the population of the municipal corporations, as determined by the federal census, the council may redivide the municipal corporation into wa...

... January following a regular municipal election at the usual place for holding such meetings, at which time the newly elected councilmen shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter the council shall meet, at least twice each month, at such times as are prescribed by ordinance or resolution. Special sessions of the council shall be called by the clerk upon the written request of the mayor, the chairman, or any...

... mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any item or part of any ordinance or resolution appropriating money. When the mayor refuses to sign any ordinance or resolution, or part thereof, and returns it to the council with his objections, the council shall, after the expiration of not less than one week, proceed to reconsider it, and if, upon reconsideration, the resolution or ordinance, or part or item thereof, ...

...ch provisions shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the civil service commission.