(A) The Village Administrator shall have those powers and duties as provided by R.C. § 735.271: Establishing position of village administrator, R.C. § 735.273: Village administrator powers and duties, and R.C. § 731.141 Village administrator to make contracts and purchases.
(B) The Village Administrator is hereby authorized to set written rules and procedures to be followed by all village employees relating to the requisitioning of supplies, materials and work for their respective offices and departments. Such rules or procedures may not conflict with ordinances of the village, or statutes of the state or laws or regulations established by the federal government.
(C) The Village Administrator manages and supervises the Utility and Street Departments to achieve goals within available resources. He or she plans and organizes workloads and staff assignments; trains, oversees all safety measures, motivates and annually evaluates assigned staff, reviews progress and directs changes and improvements as needed.
(D) The Village Administrator provides leadership and direction in the development of short- and long-term plans and programs; gathers, interprets and prepares studies, reports and makes recommendations; coordinates department activities with other department and agencies as needed. He or she also submits grants and funding proposals to public and private agencies with the approval of Village Council.
(E) The Village Administrator shall attend all Village Council meetings and any other meetings involving the village as directed by the Mayor. He or she also assures that all ordinances, resolutions and regulations are implemented and executed.
(F) The Village Administrator prepares and submits an annual budget to the Mayor and Village Council and administers the adopted budget; provides professional advice to the Mayor and Council including, but not limited to, the financial condition, future operating and capital needs of the village as well as the development, redevelopment and growth of the village.
(G) The Village Administrator determines the work procedures, prepares work schedules, assigns duties and oversees work for completeness and conformance to policies and procedures. He or she assures that assigned tasks are within budget, performs cost control activities, monitors revenue and expenditures to assure sound fiscal control, and assures efficient use of budgeted funds, personnel, materials, facilities and time.
(H) The Village Administrator prepares and provides studies, plans, reports and related information in writing for decision making purposes.
(I) The Village Administrator develops and directs village economic development plans, redevelopment and growth plans and strategies. In this capacity he or she will work with Village Council, the Mayor and the Village Economic Development Committee to develop and maintain and economic development initiative in the village.
(J) The Village Administrator will be the Village Zoning Commissioner and Inspector, reviews all development plans, planning and zoning permits applications, and issues appropriate permits, and schedules appropriate reviews by the Village Zoning Board of Appeals and Village Planning Commission.
(K) (1) Salary, terms, benefits and any other obligations of the Village Administrator and the village will be in accordance with a signed agreement between the village and the employee hired as the Village Administrator. Said agreement is approved by Council as a part of this section. This agreement will be on file in the Village Clerk-Treasurer’s office.
(2) The base wage and other benefits for the Village Administrator shall be paid from the following funds: 79% from the Electric Fund, 9% split from the Water Fund, 9% from the Wastewater Funds, and 3% from the General Fund for Zoning Commissioner services.
(Ord. 41-1990, passed 9-17-1990; Ord. 19-1991, passed 5-20-1991; Ord. 28-1992, passed 8-3-1992; Ord. 38-1993, passed 9-20-1993; Ord. 40-2005, passed 8-15-2005; Ord. 06-2014, passed 1-6-2014; Ord. 29-2015, passed 8-17-2015; Ord. 44-2016, passed 11-7- 2016; Ord. 59-2016, passed 12-19-2016; Ord. 93-2017, passed 12-4-2017; Ord. 66-2020, passed 11-16-2020; Ord. 80-2020, passed 12-21-2020; Ord. 59-2021, passed 11-15-2021)