All legislative powers of the City shall be vested, subject to the terms of this Charter and of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, in the Council. The laws of the State of Ohio not inconsistent with this Charter, except those declared inoperative by ordinance of the Council, shall have the force and effect of ordinances of the City of Conneaut but in the event of conflict between any such law and any municipal ordinance or resolution, the provisions of the ordinance or resolution shall prevail and control.
Without limitation of the foregoing, the Council shall have the power to:
(1) Appoint and remove the City Manager;
(2) Appoint and remove the Clerk of Council;
(3) Establish, abolish, combine or separate administrative departments, divisions or service units of the municipal government; except that the divisions of Police and Fire shall not be combined;
(4) Adopt the budget of the City;
(5) Authorize the issuance of bonds and other evidences of debt;
(6) Inquire into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the City and make investigation as to municipal affairs;
(7) Approve, accept and adopt plats;
(8) Adopt and modify the official map of the City;
(9) Adopt and amend zoning regulations;
(10) Adopt and amend building and sanitary regulations;
(11) Adopt and amend a fire prevention code;
(12) Adopt, modify, refer, reject or carry out plans proposed by the Planning Commission for the clearance of slum districts and the rehabilitation of blighted areas;
(13) Adopt, modify, reject or remove plans by the Design Review Board for the historic prevention of buildings and areas.
(14) Council shall subdivide the City into four (4) wards of adjacent and compact territory with well-defined boundaries in compliance with State and Federal law. Within twenty-four (24) months after receipt of a new Federal Census, Council shall determine whether the wards are compliant with State and Federal law. and shall, if found to be noncompliant, redefine the boundaries of said four (4) wards so that they are compliant with State and Federal law.
(Amended 11-2-04; 11-7-17)