(a) Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 733.262, the elected position of Clerk-Treasurer shall be changed to and hereafter be an appointed position of Fiscal Officer effective the first day of January following the next regular municipal election at which the Clerk-Treasurer is to be elected.
(b) Council shall file a certified copy of this ordinance, once passed, with the County Board of Elections not less than 105 days before the days of the next succeeding municipal primary election at which candidates for the office of Clerk-Treasurer are to be nominated so that no election for the office of Clerk-Treasurer is held after the passage of this section.
(c) A Village Fiscal Officer shall be appointed by the Mayor, but that appointment does not become effective until it is approved by a majority vote of Council.
(d) The Fiscal Officer need not be an elector of the Village or reside in the Village at the time of appointment; however, the Fiscal Officer shall become a resident of the Village within six months after the appointment takes effect, unless an ordinance is passed approving the Fiscal Officer’s residence outside the Village.
(e) The Village Fiscal Officer may be removed without cause either by the Mayor with the consent of a majority of the members of Council or by a three-fourths vote of Council with or without the consent of the Mayor. (Ord. 2002-07. Passed 12-9-02.)