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Moneys appropriated as hereinbefore provided shall not be used for other purposes than those designated in the appropriation ordinance without authority from the Council. The Mayor and the Director of Finance shall supervise all departmental expenditures, and shall keep such expenditures within the appropriations.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
The Council may submit to the electors in the manner provided in Section 200 for the submission of proposed amendments to the Charter, the question of the proposed alienation, surrender or release of any rights of the City of Cleveland in or to the territory now covered by the waters of Lake Erie within the territorial limits of the City of Cleveland, or formerly covered thereby but now or hereafter filled. When approved by a majority of the electors voting upon such proposition, the alienation, surrender or release of such rights shall be done by proper instrument executed in the name of the City of Cleveland by the Mayor; provided, however, that, except pursuant to the referendum provisions of this Charter, no such proposition shall be required to be submitted to the vote of the electors in the case of granting of leases or franchises in or to said territory or any part thereof or in the event that such territory or any part thereof is conveyed to, or otherwise made available for use by, a port authority originally created jointly by the City and the County of Cuyahoga under authority of the laws of Ohio.
Any and all proceedings designed to carry into execution the provisions of Ordinance No. 37904-A, approved by the electors on November 2, 1915, and Ordinance No. 47814, adopted by the electors on January 6, 1919, or amendatory of or supplementary to said ordinances are hereby expressly authorized, ratified, approved and confirmed.
(Effective June 3, 1968)
The Council, the Mayor, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have power to inquire into the conduct of any department, office, officer or employee of the City and to make investigation as to City affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel testimony, the production of books, papers, and other evidence. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to designate a police officer to serve such subpoenas. The Council shall provide by ordinance the penalty or penalties for contempt in refusing to obey any such subpoena, or to produce such books, papers or other evidence, and shall have the power to punish any such contempt in the manner provided by ordinance.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
The Council shall cause a continuous audit to be made of the books of account, records and transactions of the administrative departments of the City. Such audit, during each fiscal year, shall be made by one or more certified public accountants, who, for three years next preceding, have held a certificate issued by the State Board of Accountancy of Ohio or by a state maintaining an equal standard of professional requirements, which entitles the holder of such certificate to an Ohio certificate. The duties of the auditor or auditors, so appointed, shall include the certification of all statements required under Section 95 of this Charter. Such statements shall include a general balance sheet, exhibiting the assets and liabilities of the City, supported by departmental schedules, and schedules for each utility publicly owned or operated; summaries of income and expenditures, supported by detailed schedules, and also comparisons, in proper classification, with the last previous year. The report of such auditor or auditors for each fiscal year shall be printed and a copy thereof furnished to the Ohio State Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices, to the Mayor, to each member of the Council and to each citizen who may apply therefor; and a condensed summary thereof shall be published in the City Record.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
Every ordinance or resolution upon its final passage shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer and Clerk of the Council. Every ordinance or resolution shall be published at least once in the City Record within ten (10) days after its final passage.
(Effective November 9, 1931)