SECTION 28 . DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

   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)

SECTION 29 . RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

   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.

SECTION 30 . VACANCIES FILLED BY MAYOR.

   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

SECTION 31 . ELECTION AND TERM.

   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)

SECTION 32 . PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.

   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.

SECTION 33 . CITY CONTROVERSIES.

   When required to do so by resolution of the Council, the Director of Law shall prosecute or defend for and in behalf of the City, all complaints, suits and controversies in which the City is a party, and such other suits, matters and controversies as he shall by resolution or ordinance, be directed to prosecute or defend.

SECTION 34 . DUTIES.

   In addition to the duties imposed upon the Director of Law by this Charter or required of him by ordinance in accordance therewith, he shall perform the duties which are imposed upon city solicitors by the general laws of the State, beyond the competence of this Charter to alter or require.

SECTION 35 . SALARY.

   The salary of the Director of Law 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 Director of Law first elected under this Charter shall be fixed by the outgoing Council.

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC RECORD

SECTION 36 . QUALIFICATION AND SALARY.

   The Director of Finance and Public Record shall be an elector of the City of Ashland, his salary 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 Director of Finance and Public Record first elected under this Charter shall be fixed by the outgoing Council.

(Approved by Voters 11-5-63)

SECTION 37 . DUTIES.

   The duties of the Director of Finance and Public Record shall include the keeping and supervision of all accounts, and the custody and collection of all public moneys, rents and property belonging to or due the City; the making and collecting of special assessments; the issuance of licenses upon the order of the Mayor; the collection of license fees; the control, funding and payment of the public debt of the City; and such other duties as the Council may require.

   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Former Section 38 was repealed and Sections 39 through 47 renumbered as Sections 38 through 46 by the voters on November 7, 1989.)