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No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, nor shall an obligation for expenditure be incurred, except in accordance with appropriations made by Council. Claims shall be approved in writing by the head or acting head of the department for which the obligation was incurred. The Council may, by ordinance, provide for additional regulations or controls with respect to the payment of claims.
The Council shall, by ordinance, provide for the custody of all funds of the Municipality and for the deposit of funds in a bank or banks. All funds received on behalf of the Municipality by any officer, employee or agent thereof shall be promptly paid over to the Director of Finance, who shall cause them to be promptly placed in a depository bank, but the Council may authorize such sums, as it deems proper, to be in cash for the daily operation of any department or office. The Director of Finance, with the concurrence of the majority of the members of Council eligible to vote, shall invest monies of the Municipality in bonds or notes of this Municipality, or make any other investment permitted by law, in such manner as is now or hereafter authorized by the general law of the State of Ohio for such investment by municipalities.
(Amended 11-3-81; 11-7-95)
Council may not authorize expenditures of the funds of the Municipality, without public bidding pursuant to contract with the lowest and best bidder after public advertising and receipt of bids in the manner provided by ordinance, subject to limitations therein provided by the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio, except for (1) such amounts as are set forth in the Ohio Revised Code as exceptions to the requirement of public bidding by municipalities, (2) for the acquisition of real estate, (3) for the discharge of noncontractual claims against the Municipality, (4) for personal services, (5) for the joint use of facilities or exercise of powers with other political subdivisions, or (6) for the product or services of public utilities including those Municipally operated.
Municipal property no longer needed for Municipal purposes and having a value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less may be sold or disposed of in such manner as Council deems appropriate, without the necessity of public bidding, following a majority vote by Council on legislation listing the property to be sold or disposed of. No other disposal of Municipal property having a value greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be made, except pursuant to contract with the highest and best bidder after public advertising and receipt of bids in the manner provided by ordinance, subject to limitations therein provided by the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio.
(Amended 11-4-86; 11-5-91; 11-7-95; 11-6-07)
Public improvements of all kinds may be made by the appropriate department, either by the direct employment of the necessary labor and purchase of supplies and materials, with a separate account as to each improvement so made, or by contract let as provided in the preceding section, either for a closed price or upon a unit basis.
The taxing authority of this Municipality shall be in all respects subject to the limitation therein provided by the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio and nothing contained in this Charter shall be construed to authorize a levy of any taxes by this Municipality in excess of said limitations without the vote of the people.
The Council may, at any time at least sixty (60) days prior to a November election or the date of the special election designated in the resolution herein provided, declare by resolution, adopted by a vote of a majority of the members of Council eligible to vote, that the amount of taxes which may be raised within the limitations of this Charter will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of the Municipality for current operating expenses, and other expenses payable from the General Fund of the Municipality, and such permanent improvements and equipment as shall have an estimated useful life of five (5) years or more, and that it is necessary to levy taxes in excess of such limitations, in addition to the levies authorized and limited by this Charter, for the Municipal purpose or purposes specified in such resolution. Such resolution shall specify the additional sum which it is necessary to levy, the purpose or purposes thereof, the additional rate estimated to be required therefor, and the date of any proposed election thereon. Such resolution shall be effective upon its adoption and shall be certified, within five (5) days thereafter, to the election authorities, who shall place such question upon the ballot at the next succeeding November election or at such special election specified in the resolution. If a majority of those voting thereon vote for the approval of such additional levy, the Council shall immediately make such levy, or such part thereof as it finds necessary, pursuant to such approval, and certify the same to the County Auditor, to be placed on the tax list and collected as other taxes.
The authority of the Council to submit additional levies to a vote of the people, or to levy taxes upon such other subjects and for such other purposes as may be lawful under the Constitution or laws of this State, shall not be deemed impaired or abridged by reason of any provision contained in this Charter.
The net indebtedness of the Municipality, created or incurred without a vote of the electors, shall never exceed the statutory limit as provided by the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio. As used in this section, the term "net indebtedness" shall have the same meaning and shall be calculated in the manner provided by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Ohio, as the same may be amended from time to time for the issuance of notes and bonds of Municipal corporations.
(Amended 11-2-71)