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Codified Ordinances of Ashtabula, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ASHTABULA, OHIO
CITY OF ASHTABULA CERTIFICATION
CITY OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 2007-07
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
SECTION 1 NAME AND POWERS.
SECTION 2 ENUMERATED POWERS NOT EXCLUSIVE.
SECTION 3 POWERS.
SECTION 4 TERM OF OFFICE.
SECTION 5 QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.
SECTION 6 VACANCIES.
SECTION 7 SALARY.
SECTION 8 PRESIDENT.
SECTION 9 APPOINTEES.
SECTION 10 TIME OF MEETING; RULES; JOURNAL.
SECTION 11 PENALTY FOR ABSENCE.
SECTION 12 LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE.
SECTION 13 ORDINANCE ENACTMENT.
SECTION 14 EMERGENCY MEASURES.
SECTION 15 RECORD AND PUBLICATION.
SECTION 16 TIMES OF PUBLICATION.
SECTION 17 PRICE AND MODE OF PUBLICATION.
SECTION 18 SALARIES AND BONDS.
SECTION 19 GENERAL DISQUALIFICATIONS.
SECTION 20 THE INITIATIVE.
SECTION 27 ELECTION; GENERAL POWERS; BOND.
SECTION 28 POWERS AND DUTIES.
SECTION 29 HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS.
SECTION 30 PLATTING COMMISSIONER.
SECTION 31 SALARY.
SECTION 32 CITY SOLICITOR.
SECTION 33 CITY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
SECTION 34 CITY TREASURER. (REPEALED)
SECTION 35 PURCHASING AGENT.
SECTION 36 TRUSTEES OF THE SINKING FUND. (REPEALED)
SECTION 37 OTHER BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS.
SECTION 38 POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
SECTION 39 PENALTIES.
SECTION 40 THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
SECTION 41 APPOINTMENTS AND REMOVALS.
SECTION 41.1 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION; QUALIFICATIONS; ORGANIZATION; FUNDING.
SECTION 42 NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES.
SECTION 44 BALLOTS.
SECTION 45 TIME OF ELECTION.
SECTION 46 ELECTION.
SECTION 47 GENERAL LAWS TO APPLY.
SECTION 47.1 REMOVAL FROM OFFICE BY RECALL PETITION.
SECTION 48 THE ESTIMATE.
SECTION 49 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.
SECTION 50 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
SECTION 51 UNENCUMBERED BALANCES.
SECTION 52 PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.
SECTION 53 CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS.
SECTION 54 MONEY IN THE FUND.
SECTION 55 FINANCIAL REPORTS.
SECTION 56 LIMITATION OF ASSESSMENTS.
SECTION 57 IMPROVEMENTS BY DIRECT LABOR.
SECTION 58 SEWER, WATER, AND GAS CONNECTIONS.
SECTION 59 STREET SPRINKLING.
SECTION 60 ASSESSMENT FOR REMOVAL OF SNOW, WEEDS, ETC.
SECTION 61 EXPENDITURES IN EXCESS OF $10,000.00.
SECTION 62 TIME OF MAKING CONTRACTS.
SECTION 63 MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS.
SECTION 64 BIDS IN EXCESS OF ESTIMATE.
SECTION 65 CONTRACTS - WHEN VOID.
SECTION 66 GRANTS LIMITED.
SECTION 67 PERIOD OF GRANTS.
SECTION 68 STRICT CONSTRUCTION.
SECTION 69 FREE CARRIAGE OF POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN. (REPEALED)
SECTION 70 ASSIGNMENT.
SECTION 71 RIGHT OF PURCHASE.
SECTION 72 EXTENSION BY ANNEXATION.
SECTION 73 CONSENTS.
SECTION 74 RIGHT OF REGULATION.
SECTION 75 FORFEITURES.
SECTION 76 PAVING AND SPRINKLING.
SECTION 77 ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS.
SECTION 78 GRANTS NOT INCLUDED.
SECTION 79 GENERAL PROVISION.
SECTION 80 GENERAL LAWS TO APPLY.
SECTION 81 ORDINANCES CONTINUED IN FORCE.
SECTION 82 CONTINUANCE OF PRESENT OFFICERS.
SECTION 83 CONTINUANCE OF CONTRACTS AND VESTED RIGHTS.
SECTION 84 INVESTIGATION.
SECTION 85 OATH OF OFFICE.
SECTION 86 HOURS OF LABOR.
SECTION 87 AMENDMENT OF CHARTER.
SECTION 87.1 CHARTER REVIEW.
SECTION 88 SAVING CLAUSE.
SECTION 89 WHEN CHARTER TAKES EFFECT.
SECTION 90 ANNUAL LEVY.
SECTION 91 EXCESS LEVIES.
SECTION 91.1 ELECTOR APPROVAL OF INCOME TAX.
SECTION 92 STANDARD OF TIME.
SECTION 93 USE OF PHOTO-MONITORING DEVICES TO DETECT CERTAIN TRAFFIC LAW VIOLATIONS.
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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SECTION 49 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.
   Upon receipt of such estimate the Council shall prepare an appropriation ordinance, but before finally acting upon such tentative appropriation it shall fix a time and place for holding a public hearing upon the tentative appropriation, and shall give public notice of such hearing. The Council shall not pass the appropriation ordinance until 10 days after such public hearing.
SECTION 50 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
   Upon request of the City Manager the Council may transfer any part of an unencumbered balance of an appropriation to a purpose or object for which the appropriation for the current year has proved insufficient or may authorize a transfer to be made between items appropriated to the same office or department.
SECTION 51 UNENCUMBERED BALANCES.
   At the close of each fiscal year the unencumbered balance of each appropriation shall revert to the respective fund from which it was appropriated and shall be subject to future appropriations. Any accruing revenue of the City, not appropriated as hereinbefore provided, and any balances at any time remaining after the purposes of the appropriation shall have been satisfied or abandoned, may from time to time be appropriated by the Council to such uses as will not conflict with any uses for which such revenues specifically accrued. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury of the City, nor shall any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except pursuant to the appropriations made by the Council, but nothing in this or the preceding section shall be construed to authorize the application of revenue derived from a public utility of the City to any other purpose than that of the utility from which the same was derived.
PAYMENTS - REPORTS
SECTION 52 PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.
   No warrant for the payment of any claim shall be issued by the City Auditor until such claim shall have been approved by the head of the department for which the indebtedness was incurred and by the City Manager, and such officers and their sureties shall be liable to the Municipality for all loss or damage sustained by the Municipality by reason of the corrupt approval of any such claim against the Municipality. Whenever any claim shall be presented to the City Auditor he shall have power to require evidence that the amount claimed is justly due and is in conformity to law and ordinance, and for that purpose he may summon before him any officer, agent, or employee, of any department of the Municipality, or any other person, and examine him upon oath or affirmation relative thereto.
SECTION 53 CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS.
   No contract, agreement, or other obligation involving the expenditure of money shall be entered into, nor shall any ordinance, resolution, or order for the expenditure of money be passed by the Council, or be authorized by any officer of the City, unless the City Auditor shall first certify to the Council or to the proper officer, as the case may be, that the money required for such contract, agreement, obligation, or expenditure, is in the Treasury, to the credit of the fund from which it is to be drawn, and not appropriated for any other purpose, which certificate shall be filed and immediately recorded. The sum so certified shall not thereafter be considered unappropriated until the City is discharged from the contract, agreement, or obligation. The provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts or proceedings relating to improvements any part of the cost of which is to be paid by special assessments.
SECTION 54 MONEY IN THE FUND.
   All moneys actually in the Treasury to the credit of the fund from which they are to be drawn, and all moneys applicable to the payment of the obligation or appropriation involved that are anticipated to come into the Treasury before the maturity of such contract, agreement, or obligation, from taxes, assessments, or license fees, or from sales of services, products or by-products of any City undertaking, and moneys to be derived from lawfully authorized bonds sold and in process of delivery, for the purpose of such certificate shall be deemed in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund and shall be subject to such certification.
SECTION 55 FINANCIAL REPORTS.
   The Council shall have furnished them a monthly balance showing in detail all receipts and expenditures of the City for the preceding month; and the aggregate receipts and expenditures of each department shall be published by the Council in such manner as to provide full publicity. At the end of each year the Council shall have printed an annual report, in pamphlet form, giving a classified statement of all receipts, expenditures, assets, and liabilities of the City; a detailed comparison of such receipts and expenditures with those of the year preceding; a summary of the Council proceedings and summary of the operations of the administrative departments for the previous 12 months. A copy of this report shall be furnished the State Bureau of Accounting, the public library and any citizen of the City who may apply therefor at the office of the Clerk of the Council.
IMPROVEMENTS - CONTRACTS
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