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...r evidence of debt held by the board of trustees of the sinking fund for the municipal corporation shall be deposited with the treasurer thereof, or with a safety deposit company within the municipal corporation, or, if none exists, then in a place of safety to be indicated or furnished by the legislative authority thereof, and when so deposited they shall be withdrawn only upon the application of three members and i...

...The board of trustees of the sinking fund may investigate all transactions involving or affecting the sinking fund of any branch or department of the municipal government, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties, not inconsistent with the nature of the duties prescribed for the board by law, as are conferred or required by the legislative authority thereof.

...The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall keep a complete record of its transactions, a complete record of the funded debt of the municipal corporation specifying the dates, purposes, amounts, numbers, maturities, rates, maturities of interest installments thereof, where payable, and an account exhibiting the amount held in the sinking fund for the payment thereof.

...In each city, the trustees of the sinking fund shall be a board of tax commissioners, but as members of such board they shall receive no compensation for their services. The members of such board, as such, shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and of this state and to faithfully and honestly perform their duties as such tax commissioners. The board shall organize by appointing one of i...

...The board of tax commissioners shall keep a complete record of all its proceedings. The city auditor shall be clerk of the board, but shall receive no additional salary or compensation for such services. He shall enter in a book, to be provided by the city for that purpose, a full and detailed statement of all proceedings of the board, which shall be signed by the president or vice-president and by such clerk.

...Upon receipt of the levies made by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the board of tax commissioners shall consider them and within ten days after such receipt shall return them to the legislative authority with its approval or rejection. In case of rejection the board shall give its reasons therefor. The board may approve or reject any part thereof, and the parts so rejected shall not become val...

..., as determined by the railway board of trustees. "Railway board of trustees" means a board of trustees established by a municipal corporation pursuant to H.B. 69 of the 112th general assembly as successor to a board of trustees that was established by the Ferguson Act of 1869.

...(A)(1) A railway board of trustees may solicit or receive offers for, and sell, all or any portion of a railway in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The board of trustees may approve and enter into a sale agreement by adopting a resolution that shall include the terms of the proposed sale, and the method that will be used to determine the minimum annual amount to be transmitted to the municipal corporat...

...(A) A railway board of trustees that sells a railway or any portion of a railway under section 746.02 of the Revised Code shall establish a railway proceeds trust fund for the purpose of receiving the net proceeds of the sale. The municipal corporation that owned the railway or portion of the railway before the sale shall be the sole beneficiary of the trust fund. Any funds in the trust fund shall not be considered p...

...(A) A railway board of trustees that establishes a trust fund under section 746.03 of the Revised Code may invest and reinvest the moneys and assets held in the trust fund, subject to this chapter. The railway board of trustees shall invest and reinvest under the prudent investor standard of care, as described in section 5809.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The railway board of trustees shall retain at least one indepe...

...mber of each year, the railway board of trustees shall certify to the municipal corporation the principal amount remaining in the trust fund, and the amount of funds that the railway board of trustees will disburse to the municipal corporation over the course of the municipal corporation's immediately following fiscal year. During the municipal corporation's immediately following fiscal year, and with such frequency ...

...(A) As used in this section: "Debt service" means the principal, interest, and redemption premium payments, and any deposits pertaining thereto, required with respect to bonds. "Existing infrastructure improvements" means streets, bridges, municipal buildings, parks and green space, site improvements, recreation facilities, improvements for parking purposes, and any other public facilities that are owned by a mun...

...All net earnings and income from the lease of a railway established under the Ferguson Act of 1869 shall be paid into the treasury of the municipal corporation that established the railway, to the credit of the sinking fund or bond retirement fund.