(A) Deputy Marshals, night security officers, safety patrol officers and special police officers. Pursuant to R.C. § 737.16, the Mayor, subject to the approval and confirmation of Council, shall have the right to appoint Deputy Marshals, night security officers, safety patrol officers and special police officers, and shall have the right to fix and limit the term of appointment and salary.
(B) Bond. Any officer so appointed and the term of whose appointment is for longer than one month, shall furnish a bond in an amount to be established by Council conditioned as provided by law and with sufficient sureties thereon for the faithful performance of his or her duties.
(C) Mutual aid contracts. The Police Chief is authorized and directed to enter into mutual aid contracts with various Police Departments in the state for emergency equipment, personnel and supplies in case of emergencies, and to approve invoices for the same. These contracts shall contain, inter alia, terms which provide as follows:
(1) In the event of a police emergency each party may request, in writing, aid from the other in the form of additional manpower and/or equipment;
(2) Each such request for aid shall specify, to the extent practicable, the assistance required and an estimate of the length of time said assistance may be needed;
(3) Each responding community need only respond to the extent consistent with the proper and safe operation of its own Police Department;
(4) Personnel of the aiding community shall be considered acting within the scope of his or her employment, to the same extent as if he or she were performing his or her regular duties, while engaged in such aid;
(5) Under no circumstances shall the responding party or its employees so responding be liable to the requesting party, its inhabitants or others, for any damages arising in any way as a result of the rendering of such aid for the failure to respond to a call for such aid; and
(6) Each contract shall be in effect for a one-year period, with a provision for automatic renewal unless cancelled by a 30-day notice.
(D) Auxiliary police officers.
(1) All auxiliary officers shall be fully certified by the Ohio Peace Officers Training Council, at the time of their appointment.
(2) Auxiliary police officers shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of a majority of Council. Auxiliary police officers may be terminated by the Mayor.
(3) All auxiliary officers shall be required to have 24 scheduled hours of training within the Village Police Department prior to being assigned to regular patrol duty. After completion of training, all auxiliary officers shall be required to fulfill a minimum requirement of 24 hours of police duty, per 28-day period.
(1997 Code, § 32.01) (Ord. 960-99, passed 10-11-1999; Ord. 1015-03, passed 7-7-2003; Ord. 1019-03, passed 8-4-2003; Ord. 1119-07, passed 9-4-2007)
Statutory reference:
Offenses affecting employment, see R.C. § 737.162
Peace officer training certificate required for permanent employment, see R.C. § 109.77
Police and Firefighter’s Disability and Pension Fund, see R.C. Chapter 742
Stolen and unclaimed property, see R.C. §§ 737.29 et seq.
Village police protection, see R.C. §§ 737.15 et seq.
(A) Establishment and composition.
(1) A Records Commission is hereby established for the village.
(2) The Records Commission shall be composed of the Mayor, Fiscal Officer, Solicitor and a resident of the village as appointed by the Mayor. The Mayor shall be the Chairperson of the Records Commission, which shall meet at least once every six months, upon the call of the Chairperson.
(B) Duties. The functions of the Records Commission shall be to provide rules for the retention and disposal of records of the village and to review applications for one-time records disposal and schedules of records retention for the various village departments and offices.
(C) Records disposal procedure.
(1) Records may be disposed of pursuant to the rules and regulations as established by the Records Commission. The Records Commission may at any time review any schedule it has previously approved, and for good cause shown may revise that schedule.
(2) When village records have been approved for disposal, a list of such records shall be sent to the Auditor of State. If the Auditor of State disapproves of the action by the Records Commission, in whole or in part, he or she shall inform the Records Commission within a period of 60 days, and these records shall not be destroyed.
(3) Before public records are disposed of, the Ohio Historical Society shall be informed and given the opportunity for a period of 60 days to select for its custody such public records as it considers to be of continuing historical value.
(1997 Code, § 32.03) (Ord. 741-86, passed 2-10-1986)
Statutory reference:
Creation; functions; disposal of records, see R.C. § 149.39
Limitations on recordkeeping, see R.C. § 149.40