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The Director of Public Safety shall be the head of the Office of Public Safety, and shall be appointed by the Mayor with the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to the Council, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
(Amended November 8, 1983; November 6, 2001)
The Director of Public Safety shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the government of the Office and the departments thereof. He shall be charged with the duty of enforcing all police, fire, safety, building, zoning, health, and sanitary regulations that may be prescribed by ordinances or resolutions of the City, or, when applicable, the Constitution and the general laws of the United States and the State of Ohio. The Director of Public Safety shall perform such other duties, consistent with his office, as may be required by this Charter, by ordinance of the Council, or as directed by the Mayor.
(Amended November 6, 2001)
Within the Office of Public Safety there is hereby established a Department of Fire, a Department of Police, and a Department of Building. A Department of Public Health and Welfare may be established by Council. Such department, if established, shall be charged with the enforcement of the air pollution ordinance of the City.
(Amended November 6, 2001)
The Department of Fire shall be in active charge of a Chief. The Chief of the Department of Fire shall be selected by competitive examination. Eligibility list for the Chief's examination shall be determined by the Civil Service Commission. There shall be established a Bureau of Fire Protection and Investigation within the Department of Fire. Any other bureau deemed necessary to increase efficiency, and/or protection may be established within the Department of Fire. The operation of such bureau or bureaus shall be by personnel of the Department of Fire. The Fire Chief shall be responsible for their organization and supervision.
(Amended November 6, 2001)
The Department of Police shall be in active charge of a Chief. The Chief of the Department of Police shall be selected by competitive examination. Eligibility list for the Chief's examination shall be determined by the Civil Service Commission. There shall be established a Detective Bureau and a Juvenile Bureau within the Department of Police. Any other bureau deemed necessary to increase efficiency, and/or protection may be established within the Department of Police. The operation of such bureau or bureaus shall be by personnel of the Department of Police. The Chief of Police shall be responsible for their organization and supervision.
(Amended November 6, 2001)
(a) Establishment and Duties. There is hereby established a Division of Building for the City to be organized as set forth herein, with the duty of enforcing the building and zoning regulations of the City and such other duties consistent with building in the City as may be prescribed by ordinance or by the Mayor.
(b) Building Commissioner. There is hereby created the office of Building Commissioner for the City. Appointment to such position shall be made by the Mayor with the concurrence of Council, and said Building Commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
(1) Duties. It shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner:
A. To administer and enforce all the Ohio laws and City ordinances relating to building and zoning.
B. To approve or disapprove all blue prints submitted for new construction and to issue all licenses, permits, with regard to original construction, remodeling and repair of all buildings, fences, signs, billboards and other structures within the City, and approve all insurance policies and bonds of general contractors, as well as subtrades operating in the City.
C. To supervise the Building Inspector, Electrical Inspector, and Plumbing Inspector.
D. To issue all Certificates of Occupancy and Reoccupancy.
E. To make rules and regulations for the administration of the affairs under his supervision.
F. To administrate and direct the issuance of all building, plumbing, heating and electrical permits as required by the building, and zoning regulations of the City.
(2) Qualifications. The Building Commissioner shall have at least five (5) years' experience in the building trades or related occupations.
(Amended November 5, 2013)
The Director of Public Safety shall have exclusive right to demote, suspend or remove any officer in charge of a Department within the Office of Public Safety and any employee within said Department except that the Chief of the Department of Fire and the Chief of the Department of Police shall have exclusive right to suspend any employee within their respective Departments.
The grounds for demotion, suspension or dismissal by the Director of Public Safety or for suspension by the Chief of the Department of Police or the Chief of the Department of Fire shall be incompetence, gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, habitual drunkenness, failure to obey orders given them by the proper authority, or for any other reasonable or good cause.
If any employee is suspended by the Chief of the Department of Police or the Chief of the Department of Fire from within their Departments, then the Chief of the Department of Police or the Chief of the Department of Fire, as the case may be, shall forthwith certify such fact in writing, together with the cause for such suspension, to the Director of Public Safety, who, within five (5) days from the receipt thereof, shall proceed to inquire into the cause of such suspension and render judgement thereon. Such judgement, if the charge is sustained, may be suspension, reduction in rank, or dismissal from the department.
In all cases of removal, demotion or suspension, the Director of Public Safety shall furnish such employee with a copy of the order of removal, demotion or suspension, together with an explanation of the employee's right of appeal. Such order with the explanation shall be filed with the Civil Service Commission. Any such employee so removed, demoted or suspended may appeal from the order of the Director of Public Safety to the Civil Service Commission within ten (10) days after the date of such suspension, demotion or removal, in which event, the Commission shall forthwith notify the Director of Public Safety and shall hear such appeal within thirty (30) days from and after its filing with the Commission, and it may affirm, disaffirm, or modify the judgement of the Director of Public Safety. The employee or officer so suspended, demoted or removed may appeal on questions of law and fact from the decision of the Civil Service Commission to the Court of Common Pleas. Such appeal shall be taken within ten (10) days from the finding of the Commission.
(Amended November 6, 2001)
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