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All fees received by officers or employees of the Municipality in connection with their employment with the Municipality shall be accounted for and paid into the Municipal Treasury, except as otherwise provided by ordinance. No member or agency of the Municipal government may use the Municipal facilities or hours of operation to collect any fees or funds for private groups, agencies or individuals.
(Amended November 2, 1976)
(a) Submission. Any provisions of this Charter may be amended as provided in Article XVIII, Section 9, of the Ohio Constitution, by submission of a proposed amendment to the electors of the Municipality and approval by a majority of those voting on the question of its adoption. Such amendment may be initiated either by a vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or by petition to the Council signed by ten (10) percent of the electors registered to vote at the last regular Municipal election held in the Municipality.
(b) Review. At the first meeting of the Council in January, 1976, and every eight (8) years thereafter, Council shall appoint a Commission of nine (9) electors of the Municipality. It shall be the duty of the Commission to review the existing Charter and make such recommendations as it may see fit for revision. The Commission shall submit its report to Council not later than August 1 of the same year. Thereupon, the Council may take such action as it deems warranted with respect to such recommendations.
(c) Conflicting Amendments. In the event two conflicting amendments to the Charter are approved at the same election by a majority of the total number of votes cast, the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall be the amendment to the Charter.
(d) Council is granted the authority to, by affirmative vote of at least five (5) members, by ordinance, and with approval of the Director of Law, incorporate administrative changes to this Charter. Such administrative changes shall be limited to errors of grammar, sentence construction, standardization or similar modification, change, or correction that shall not affect the meaning or substance of the Charter or any part thereof or amendment thereto. (Amended January 22, 2018)
A determination that any article, section, or part of any article or section, of this Charter is invalid shall not invalidate or impair the force of effect of any other part thereof, except to the extent that such other part is wholly dependent for its operation upon the part declared invalid.
Any officer or employee of the Municipality who has a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any contract with the Municipality or in the sale of any land, material or services to the Municipality or to a contractor supplying the Municipality shall make known that interest and shall refrain from voting upon or otherwise participating in that capacity as an officer or employee of the Municipality in making of such sale or in the making or performance of such contract. Any officer or employee of the Municipality who conceals such financial interest or violates the requirements of this section shall: if after a hearing before the head of the department, the Manager and one representative selected by the accused, be found responsible and/or guilty of the accusation; forfeit the office or position. Violation of this section with the knowledge, express or implied, of the person or corporation contracting with or making sale to the Municipality shall render the contract or sale voidable by the Manager or the Council. (Amended November 2, 1976)
ARTICLE XIII
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
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