(A) The following administrative departments are created upon the effective date of the Charter:
1. A Department of Police Services to be headed by a Police Chief under the general direction and supervision of the Mayor.
2. A Department of Fire Services shall be headed by a Fire Chief under the general direction and supervision of the Mayor.
3. A Department of Utility Services to be headed by a Director of Utility Services, which shall administer the water and sewer facilities and services.
4. A Department of Public Services to be headed by a Director of Public Services to include the functions of streets and cemeteries and other matters assigned by ordinance or resolution.
5. A Department of Engineering to be headed by a City Engineer, however the Council must first authorize this department by ordinance or resolution. This function may also be provided by contract with appropriate engineering firms, as determined and selected by the Council by ordinance or resolution.
6. A Department of Inspection to be headed by a Chief Planner/Zoning Inspector to provide for zoning, building and housing inspections and to provide other functions as may be determined by ordinance or resolution. This function may be provided by contract as determined and selected by the Council by ordinance or resolution.
7. Such other departments and divisions or other sub-units thereof as created by ordinance or resolution.
(B) The Departments of Utility Services, Public Services, Engineering, and Inspection shall be under the direction and supervision of the City Manager.
(C) In the event the City does not exercise functions requiring any of the departments enumerated in Division (A) of this Section at the time this Charter becomes effective, such departments shall not be provided for until the Council shall authorize their creation by ordinance or resolution.
(D) The Council may abolish, combine, merge, change or alter any department created or authorized by Division (A) of this Section by ordinance or resolution, except that the Departments of Police Services shall not be abolished, combined or merged.
(E) The departments and divisions of the City, and their administrative heads, shall have those powers, duties and functions as provided: in this Charter; by ordinance or resolution; and as provided by the general laws of Ohio, provided such general laws are not inconsistent with this Charter or the ordinances and resolutions of the City.
(Amended by electorate on 8-4-20)