(a) A Board of Review consisting of the Mayor, or a person designated by him or her, the Auditor, or a person designated by him or her, and the Law Director, or an assistant Law Director designated by him or her, is created. All rules and regulations and amendments or changes thereto, which are adopted by the Administrator under the authority conferred by this chapter, shall be approved by the Board before the same become effective. After such approval, such rules, regulations, amendments and changes shall be filed with the Clerk of Council and shall be open to public inspection.
(b) Any person dissatisfied with any ruling or decision of the Administrator which is made under the authority conferred by this chapter, may appeal therefrom to the Board within fifteen days from the announcement of such ruling or decision by the Administrator, and the Board shall, upon hearing the appeal, have jurisdiction to affirm, reverse or modify any such ruling or decision or any part thereof. Such hearing shall be scheduled within thirty days from the date of appeal. Also, the Board ruling shall be made within fifteen days from the date of the hearing.
Any person dissatisfied with any ruling or decision of the Board may appeal therefrom to a court of competent jurisdiction within sixty days from the announcement of such ruling or decision.
(c) The Law Director shall be chairman of the Board, and the City Auditor shall serve as secretary thereof. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall adopt its own procedural rules and shall keep a record of its transactions. All hearings on appeal by the Board may be conducted privately to the extent allowed by Ohio R.C. 121.22, and the provisions of Section 181.09, with reference to the confidential character of information required to be disclosed by this chapter shall apply to such matters as may be heard before the Board on appeal. Such records are not public records available for inspection under Ohio R.C. 149.43. (Ord. 04-07. Passed 5-21-07.)