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...ion of the prosecuting attorney and the board of county commissioners, may authorize the board to employ legal counsel to assist the prosecuting attorney, the board, or any other county officer in any matter of public business coming before such board or officer, and in the prosecution or defense of any action or proceeding in which such board or officer is a party or has an interest, in its official capacity. (B)...

...he amount of work to be performed, the board of county commissioners deems it necessary, upon the written request of the county engineer, the board may employ a registered professional engineer and as many assistant engineers, rodmen, and inspectors as are needed, and may also enter into contracts with any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation qualified to perform engineering services in the s...

...The board of county commissioners may employ a superintendent, and such watchmen, janitors, and other employees as are necessary for the care and custody of the court house, jail, and other county buildings, bridges, and other property under its jurisdiction and control.

...The board of county commissioners shall fix the compensation of all persons appointed or employed under sections 305.13 to 305.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which, with their reasonable expenses, shall be paid from the county treasury upon the allowance of the board. No law requiring a certificate that the money for such compensation and expenses is in the treasury shall apply to the appointment or employment o...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of any county may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure and pay all or any part of the cost of any of the following insurance, coverage, or benefits issued by an insurance company or administered by a board of county commissioners or a contractor, for county officers and employees and their immediate dependents from the funds or budgets from which the county officers...

... to, a member or employee of the county board of elections. The board of county commissioners of any county may establish and maintain a health savings account program whereby county officers or employees may establish and maintain health savings accounts in accordance with section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code. Public moneys may be used to pay for or fund federally qualified high deductible health plans that are...

...py shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners and one copy with the county auditor.

...The board of county commissioners shall compare the annual reports and statements made to it by the prosecuting attorney, clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, and county treasurer, take all necessary measures to rectify errors in such reports and to trace and correct any discrepancies between them, and place on its journal the result of such examination. All such reports shall be recorded by the county audito...

...y in the discharge of the duties of the board of county commissioners.

...manent seat of justice in a county, the board of county commissioners shall provide a suitable place for holding the courts of such county.

... "human resources" does not authorize a board of county commissioners to adopt a resolution establishing a centralized human resource service that requires any county office to conform to any classification and compensation plan, position descriptions, or organizational structure; to determine the rate of compensation of any employee appointed by the appointing authority of a county office or the salary ranges ...

...No contract entered into by the board of county commissioners, or order made by it, shall be valid unless it has been assented to at a regular or special session of the board, and entered in the minutes of its proceedings by the county auditor or the clerk of the board.

...The board of county commissioners may compound or release, in whole or in part, a debt, judgment, fine, or amercement due the county and for the use thereof, except where it or any of its members is personally interested. In such case the board shall enter upon its journal a statement of the facts in the case and the reasons for such release or composition.

... shall first file with the clerk of the board of commissioners an affidavit stating his exact status and connection with such corporation.

...If a board of county commissioners by resolution elects to participate in a criminal justice regional information system as provided in section 2949.093 of the Revised Code, the board also shall create in its county treasury a criminal justice regional information fund. All money deposited into the fund shall be used only as provided in that section.

...The board of county commissioners may appoint a county administrator, who shall be the administrative head of the county under the direction and supervision of the board and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. In the event that the county administrator is absent from his office by reason of illness, death, vacation, resignation, or removal, the chairman of the board or a qualified person designated b...

...ministrator, under the direction of the board of county commissioners, shall do the following: (A) Assist in the administration, enforcement, and execution of the policies and resolutions of the board; (B) Supervise and direct the activities of the affairs of the divisions of county government under the control or jurisdiction of the board; (C) Attend all meetings of the board at which the administrator's attendan...

... a referendum a resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners under division (H) of section 307.695 of the Revised Code that is not submitted to the electors of the county for their approval or disapproval; any resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 307.697, section 322.02, or 322.06, sections 940.32 and 940.35, division (B)(1) of section 4301.421, section...

...he month following certification by the board of elections of the official vote on such question.

... the county auditor and with the county board of elections. As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and exact reproduction of the original resolution.

...At the top of each part of the petition mentioned in section 305.33 of the Revised Code, the following words shall be printed in red: NOTICE Whoever knowingly signs this petition more than once, signs a name other than his own, or signs when not a legal voter is liable to prosecution.

...led against any resolution or rule, the board of county commissioners repeals or rescinds such, or it is held to be invalid, the board of elections shall not submit such resolution or rule to a vote of the electors.

...(A) The circulator of a referendum petition, or his agent, shall, within five days after such petition is filed with the county auditor, file a statement, made under penalty of election falsification, showing in detail: (1) All moneys or things of value paid, given, or promised for circulating such petition; (2) Full names and addresses of all persons to whom such payments or promises were made; (3) Full names and...

...No person shall knowingly sign a referendum petition more than once, sign a name other than his own, or sign when not a legal voter.

...No person shall accept anything of value for signing a referendum petition.