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Any power or function now or hereafter committed to the City of Ashland, which is not in this Charter specifically provided for shall be vested in the Council and it shall be the duty of the Council by appropriate legislation to make provision for the exercise thereof.
The executive and administrative powers of the City shall be vested in the Mayor, Director of Law, Director of Finance and Public Record, and such other executive and administrative officers as are provided for in this Charter or may be fixed by ordinance of Council.
THE MAYOR
The executive and administrative powers of the City of Ashland, except as herein otherwise provided for, shall be vested in a Mayor, who shall be a resident elector of the City. He shall not hold any other public office or public employment, except that of notary public or member of the State militia, and shall not be interested in the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work or service for the Municipality.
(Approved by Voters 11-5-63)
The salary of the Mayor shall be fixed by the Council and it shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he was chosen nor at any other time except in an even numbered year. The salary of the Mayor first elected under this charter shall be fixed by the outgoing Council; and shall not be more than $1,500.00 and not less than $1,000.00 per annum.
If the Mayor shall die, resign or move his residence from the City during the term of his office, Council shall, within thirty (30) days, appoint a successor to serve as Mayor for the unexpired term. If the President of Council succeeds to the office of Mayor, the Council shall promptly elect one of its members as President. If the Mayor shall be absent from the City or unable to perform his duties for reasons other than death, resignation or removal of his residence from the City, then the Director of Law shall become the acting Mayor and during such periods shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as the Mayor. If the Director of Law shall be absent from the City or unable to perform the duties of acting Mayor, then the Director of Finance and Public Record shall become the acting Mayor for the period during which the Director of Law is absent from the City or unable to perform said duties or until the Mayor shall resume his duties, whichever shall first occur, and the said Director of Finance and Public Record shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as the Mayor. Performance of the duties as acting Mayor shall not cause either the Director of Law or Director of Finance and Public Record to vacate his respective office.
(Amended November 7, 1989)
The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City, the chief conservator of the peace therein, and the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Public Service as hereinafter prescribed. It shall be his duty to see that the laws of the State of Ohio and the ordinances of the City are faithfully obeyed and enforced within the City, and to appoint all officers and employees of the City whose election or appointment is not otherwise expressly provided for by law by this Charter, or by ordinance, and he shall have such other powers and duties, not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter, as are provided by law for mayors of cities.
(Amended November 7, 1989)
The Mayor shall be ex-officio the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Public Service and as such shall exercise all powers and perform all duties as have heretofore been delegated to and conferred upon the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Public Service by the laws of the State of Ohio.
In conformity with this Charter provision and Section 52 of the Charter, the Mayor shall appoint and designate the Chief of Police and the Chief of Fire. Said appointments of the Chief of Police and the Chief of Fire may be from within or from outside of the ranks of the Division of Police and Division of Fire. (Amended November 6, 2007)
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to recommend to the Council for adoption such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient; to keep the Council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the City; to prepare and submit to the Council such reports as may be required by that body, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are conferred or required by this Charter or by the laws of the State.
Should the Director of Law or the Director of Finance and Public Record die, resign, or be disqualified for any cause from performing the duties of their respective offices during the term for which they were elected, the Mayor shall fill said vacancy so created by appointment for the unexpired terms with the advice and consent of Council.
(Amended November 7, 1989)
DIRECTOR OF LAW
The Director of Law shall be an elector of the City and shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice in the State of Ohio. He shall be the legal adviser of and attorney and counsel for the City, and for all officers and departments thereof in matters relating to their official duties. He shall prepare all contracts, bonds and other instruments in writing in which the City is concerned and shall endorse on each his approval of the form and correctness thereof.
(Amended November 7, 1989)
The Director of Law shall be the prosecuting attorney of the Municipal Court. He may designate such number of assistant prosecutors as the Council by ordinance may authorize. He shall prosecute all cases brought before such Court and perform the same duties so far as they are applicable thereto, as are required of the prosecuting attorney of the County.
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