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SECTION 9.03 OPEN MEETINGS.
   The general laws of Ohio pertaining to meetings of the Municipality's public bodies shall apply under this Charter.
SECTION 9.04 ORGANIZATION.
   At the first meeting in each year, each board, commission, agency or authority of the Municipality as created by this Charter, or by ordinance or resolution of Council, shall elect officers from among its membership.
SECTION 9.05 QUORUM.
   A majority of the members of a board, commission, agency, or authority shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote of the members present shall be required to take any action.
SECTION 9.06 PERSONNEL BOARD.
   (a)   Membership. After the Municipality obtains the legal status of a "city" under the Constitution and laws of Ohio, or at an earlier date if the Council deems it necessary, there shall be a Personnel Board consisting of three (3) members who shall be appointed by Council. The terms of the original appointees shall be for one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, respectively. Thereafter, appointments shall be made for terms of three (3) years. The Council shall fill all vacancies by appointment for the unexpired term. Each member of the Board shall be a qualified elector of the Municipality and shall neither hold, nor be a candidate for, any public office or be a Municipal employee. Its members shall serve without compensation.
   (b)   Duties. The Personnel Board shall provide by rule for the ascertainment of merit and fitness as the basis for appointment and promotion in the classified service of the Municipality as required by the Constitution of Ohio, and for appeals from the action of any board, official or member of Council in any case of transfer, reduction, or removal. The action of the Board on any such appeal shall be final except as otherwise provided by the general laws of Ohio or this Charter. The Board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and require production of records.
   (c)   Personnel Board of Appeals. Until a Personnel Board is appointed by Council, there shall be a Personnel Board of Appeals provided for by Council. The Personnel Board of Appeals shall consist of five (5) electors from the Municipality appointed by Council and shall hear appeals when any officer or employee of the Municipality feels aggrieved by action of the Manager or by any department head who suspends, reduces or removes said officer or employee who then requests such hearing. Decisions of the Personnel Board of Appeals in such matter may be appealed to the Court of Common Pleas within ten (10) days of such decision.
(11-3-92)
   (d)   Tenure of Police Officers. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsection (d) was repealed by the voters on November 3, 1992.)
SECTION 9.07 PLANNING COMMISSION.
   There shall be a Municipal Planning Commission consisting of seven (7) members, two (2) of whom shall be members of Council appointed for a term of one (1) year, and five (5) citizen members who have resided in the Municipality for a period of two (2) years, to be appointed among the qualified electors of the Municipality. The five (5) citizen members shall serve four (4) year overlapping terms of office. The first appointment to the four (4) year term of office under this Charter shall be made as follows: three (3) members shall be appointed to a two (2) year term and two (2) members shall be appointed to a four (4) year term; thereafter the five (5) citizen members shall be appointed for a four (4) year term of office. Citizen members of the Planning Commission shall hold no other Municipal office or employment. The Council shall fill all vacancies by appointment for the unexpired term.
SECTION 9.08 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
   The Planning Commission shall conduct studies and surveys and prepare plans, reports and maps relative to the overall planning of the growth, development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and renewal of the Municipality, and may make such recommendations relative thereto to the Council as it feels are in the best interests of the Municipality. The Planning Commission shall continuously review and report to the Council its recommendations concerning the Municipality's capital improvement programs, subdivisions, platting and zoning ordinances and regulations. The Planning Commission shall cooperate with other governments or private planning agencies to secure the maximum benefit to the Municipality's agencies. Other powers and duties of the Planning Commission shall include those established by this Charter and by the Council by ordinance or resolution but until such ordinances or resolutions are passed, it shall possess such other powers and duties as are provided by the general laws of Ohio, to the extent that such general laws do not conflict with the provisions of this Charter.
SECTION 9.09 BOARD OF ZONING AND BUILDING APPEALS.
   There shall be a Board of Zoning and Building Appeals consisting of seven (7) citizen members appointed by Council to serve for a term of four (4) years. Of those citizen members first appointed under this Charter, three (3) shall serve for four (4) years, and four (4) shall serve for two (2) years. The Council shall establish the rules of procedures for the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals, and shall further specify the jurisdiction of the Board of Zoning Appeals and what type of appeals the Board shall address. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings in all matters coming before the Board. No motion or other action overruling an action under the Zoning Ordinance by any administrative officer of the Municipality shall be adopted except by the affirmative vote of five (5) members of the Board. Council shall fill all vacancies by appointment for the unexpired term.
(11-4-97)
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