Each ordinance or resolution, when introduced in the Council, shall be published as hereinafter provided:
a. By publication in full once in a newspaper determined by Council to be of circulation within the Municipality; or
b. By publication of its title, and a brief description of the context, once in a newspaper determined by Council to be of circulation within the Municipality, and such publication shall contain a statement that a copy of the full text of such ordinance or resolution is posted for inspection at the Municipal Building, Columbiana, Ohio. The Clerk of Council shall cause such publication to be made immediately following introduction, and posted for seven (7) consecutive days, if posting is required.
A failure to post or publish, omission, delay or error in said publication on the part of a newspaper, its officers, employees or agents, shall not cause such ordinance or resolution to be declared invalid, or otherwise affect the validity of such ordinance or resolution, and in such events the Clerk of Council may post or authorize publication at a later date. After the posting or publication of each ordinance or resolution as hereinabove provided, the Clerk of Council shall affix the appropriate following certification to the copy of the ordinance or resolution maintained in the official journal or record provided for in Section 6.10 of this Charter, and such certification shall be prima facie evidence of such publication.
1. The following Certificate of Publication shall be used when the full text of an ordinance or resolution is published as provided by subparagraph a. of this section:
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, the undersigned Clerk of Council of the Village (City) of Columbiana, Ohio, hereby certify that the full text of the foregoing (ordinance or resolution) was published in the (name of newspaper in which publication took place) on the ___________________ day of ________________________, 20___, and that at such date said newspaper was determined by the Council to be of circulation within the Village (City) of Columbiana, Ohio.
Dated this ____________ day of __________________, 20___.
CLERK OF COUNCIL
VILLAGE (CITY) OF COLUMBIANA, OHIO
2. The following Certificate of Publication shall be used when the title to an ordinance or resolution is published as provided by subparagraph b. of this section:
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, the undersigned Clerk of Council of the Village (City) of Columbiana, Ohio, hereby certify that the title to the foregoing (ordinance or resolution) was published in the (name of newspaper in which publication took place) on the _____ day of __________, 20___, and that at such date said newspaper was determined by the Council to be of circulation within the Village (City) of Columbiana, Ohio; and that said publication contained in addition to the title of the foregoing (ordinance or resolution) a statement that a copy of the full text of such (ordinance or resolution) was posted for inspection for seven (7) consecutive days at the Municipal Building, Columbiana, Ohio.
Dated this _____________ day of ________________ , 20____.
CLERK OF COUNCIL
VILLAGE (CITY) OF COLUMBIANA, OHIO
The failure of the Clerk of Council to affix the appropriate “Certificate of Publication” provided hereinabove shall not affect the validity of an otherwise duly and properly enacted ordinance or resolution.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1976)