There is hereby created and established a Planning Commission, which shall consist of five (5) members as hereinafter provided. The Mayor shall serve as a member of the Planning Commission; one (1) other member of the Council, to be elected by a majority vote of the members of Council for the remainder of his term as a member of the Council, shall be a member of the Planning Commission; and the Commission shall include three (3) citizens of the Municipality to be appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Council for terms of six (6) years each, except that the term of one (1) of the citizen members of the first commission appointed under this Charter shall be for six (6) years, one (1) for four (4) years and one (1) for two (2) years, and thereafter each citizen member shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years, and shall continue in office until his successor is appointed.
The Planning Commission shall conduct studies, 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 interest of the Municipality. The Planning Commission shall continuously review and report to the Council its recommendations concerning the Municipality’s capital improvement programs, subdivision, platting and zoning ordinances and regulations. The Planning Commission shall cooperate with other governmental or private planning agencies to secure the maximum benefit to the Municipality of the work, studies, surveys and reports of such other planning agencies. Other powers and duties of the Planning Commission shall include those established by this Charter and by the Council by ordinance, but until such ordinances shall be 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.
When city status is attained, if permitted by the laws of Ohio, Council may determine by ordinance whether or not to establish City civil service or any alternative personnel plan for employee appointments and promotions which may then be lawfully established by a charter municipality. If City civil service is established, there is hereby created and established a Civil Service Commission, which shall consist of three (3) members appointed by a majority vote of the Council for terms of six (6) years, provided that the members of the Commission first appointed under this Charter shall be as follows: one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years, and one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years. Thereafter, each member shall be appointed for a six (6)-year term and shall continue in office until his successor is appointed. Not more than two (2) members shall be of the same political party.
(Amended Nov. 5, 1996)
All compensated positions in the service of the Municipality shall be in the classified service and shall be appointed pursuant to competitive examinations, except the following, which shall comprise the unclassified service of the Municipality:
1. Member of Council, including the Mayor.
2. The Clerk of Council and other employees of the Council.
3. The Manager.
4. The Director of Finance.
5. The Municipal Attorney and his assistants and special legal counsel.
6. The Safety and Service Directors and any Assistant Safety and Service Directors.
7. All heads of other Departments and heads of Divisions within Departments, including the Divisions of Police and Fire.
8. Professional engineers employed by the Municipality.
9. Members of boards and commissions established by this Charter or by ordinance of Council.
10. Volunteer members of the Division of Fire, members of the auxiliary police unit within the Division of Police, and part-time employees of the Divisions of Police and Fire.
11. The secretary of each board and commission established by this Charter or by ordinance, provided that if such secretary holds other employment within the classified service of this Municipality, this section shall not exempt such person from the requirement of competitive examination to hold such employment.
12. Persons of exceptional professional or scientific qualifications engaged as consultants.
13. Unskilled laborers as defined and authorized by the Civil Service Commission.
14. Temporary employees who are not employed for more than ninety (90) continuous days or for more than ninety (90) days in one (1) year.
15. One (1) personal secretary to the Manager, one (1) personal secretary to the Municipal Attorney, and one (1) deputy or clerk to the Director of Finance, the Safety Director, and the Service Director, provided, however, that it shall be necessary for such positions to have been created by the Council.
The Civil Service Commission shall appoint and remove, subject to the civil service provisions of this Charter, all employees of the Commission.
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