Council Members
On January 1, 2007 , and therafter, the Council shall consist of seven members, of which six shall be Council members and one shall be a separately eleceted Mayor as provided in Section of the Village Charter, to be elected from Municipality at large to server overlapping terms of office commencing the first day of January of the year following their elections. All members of council, including Mayor, shall be elected to terms of office for four years each. Incumbants shall continue in office until their successors have been elected and qualified for office. Elections for members of the Council, inclduing the Mayor, shall be by a non-patisan ballot.
Powers, Duties, and Functions
All legislative powers of the Municipality shall be vested in the Council, except as otherwise provided by the Charter and the Constitution of the State of Ohio. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have and ppossess the following powers:
- The power to levy taxes and incur debts suject to the limitations imposed thereon by the Charter
- The power to adopt and ti provide for the enforcement of local police, sanitary, and other similar regulations as are not in conflic with general laws.
- The power to provide for the exercise of all powers of local self-government granted to the Municipakity by the Constitution of the State of Ohio in a maner no inconsistent with this Charter of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.
- The power to fix the number of officers and employees in the various offices, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, and commissions of the Municipalityand to fix the rate of their compensation and hours of work, and to provide such other fringe benefits and conditions of employment as deemed proper by the Council.
- The power to require such bonds as in the opinion of hte Council are necessary for the faithful discharge of the duties of the officers of the Municipality. The premium for such bonds shall be paid by the Municipality.
- The power to create, combine, change, and abolish other offices, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards and commissions of the Municipality, including the internal organization, powers, dutires and functions of such offices, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards and commissions, The power herein expressed in the subsections shall be exercised by ordinance or resolution. The council shall not abolish any office created by this charter.
- The power to establish by ordinance or resolution, the rates or charges to consumers, of all municipal utilities and services.
- The power to acquire and to sell or otherwise convey interest in real and personal property; and to leas , as lessor or lessee, or otherwise greant or receive interest in real or personal property. Real property and interests in real property may be acquired, and real and personal property or interest therin may be disposed of, whether by sale, lease, or otherwise, withouth competitive bidding.
-The power to provide for an independent audit of the accounts and records of the Municipality, without competative biddding, which may be in addition to audits by State officers and agencies as may be required under the general laws of Ohio.
- The power to conduct investigations and to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or any officer or employee of the Municipality in the performance of their public power, duties, responsibilities, and functions.
- The power to grant any franchise, including franchises to public utilities, by ordiance or resolutions adopted by a vote of not less than five members of Council.
- The power to appoint, suspend, or remove, by a motion adopted by a motion adopted by a moajority of the members of Council, the members of any board or commission of the Municipality, whether the board or commission is created by the Charter or by ordinance or resolution.
- The power to issue, or apply to a court with jurisdiction within the Municipality to issue subpoenas for witnesses and the production of the records, documents, and other evidence and to require witness to give testimony under oath in the conduct of any hearing or investigation authorized by the council and conducted by the council as a whole or by a committee of the council.
- The power to confirm all appointments made within the Municipality
- The power to exercise or provide for the exercise of all other powers grante to the Council or the Municipality by this Charter and by the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio.
Council Members
Pat Putnam - Mayor -
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Donny Wright - President -
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Mark Madigan
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Marsha Jones
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Randy Creech
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Belinda Harry -
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Jackie Sewert
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