(a) Pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 146 there is hereby created, a Volunteer Firemen's Dependents Board, consisting of five members who shall be chosen as follows:
(1) Two members shall be elected by and from Council.
(2) Two members shall be elected by and from the Fire Department.
(3) One member shall be elected by the Board members elected in subsections (1) and (2) hereof, and such member must be an elector of the Municipality, but such member may not be a public employee nor may he be a member of Council or of the Fire Department.
(b) Election of Board members set forth in subsection (a)(1) and (2) hereof shall be held each year on the first Monday in December, and the election of the Board member set forth in subsection (a)(3) hereof shall be held on or before the second Monday of December of each year. Each Board member shall serve for a one year term commencing on the next January 1, provided that the initial Board selected in 1957 shall assume its duties immediately upon election.
(c) The election of the two members of the Board by the members of the Fire Department shall be hold each year on the first Monday of December. The secretary of the Board shall give notice of such election by posting it in a conspicuous place at the headquarters of the Fire Department and at the house of each company composing such Fire Department. Between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on the day designated, each person in the Department who by its rules is designated a member thereof shall send by mail or otherwise, in writing, the names of two members of the Department, who are his choices.
(d) All votes cast at such election shall be counted and recorded by the Board which shall announce the result. The two members receiving the highest number of votes shall be members of the Board for the ensuing year. If any two persons receive a tie vote, it shall be decided by lot or in any other way agreed upon by the persons for whom such tie vote was cast. In the year 1957, the notice required herein shall be given by the Clerk.
(e) In case of vacancies on the Board, they shall be filled in the manner provided for in Ohio R.C. 741.05.
(f) Upon the election of the Board Members, they shall meet forthwith and hold an organizational meeting. At such time the Board shall elect a chairman and a secretary. The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the Board, which record shall be maintained as a permanent file.
The secretary shall immediately certify to the Auditor of State the names and addresses of the members elected, by whom elected and the names of the Board chairman and secretary. He shall also forward a certificate or statement by the Clerk of the Municipality of the current assessed valuation of the Municipality.
(Ord. 11-1957. Passed 10-23-57.)