Each ordinance or resolution passed by the Council shall be published, unless otherwise provided or excepted from the requirement of publication by this Charter:
a. By publication in full once in a newspaper determined by Council to be of circulation within the Municipality;
b. By publication of its title once in a newspaper determined by Council to be of general circulation within the Municipality; and such publication shall contain a statement that a copy of the full text of such ordinance or resolution is available for inspection at the office of the Clerk of Council, Municipal Building, East Palestine, Ohio;
c. By posting for seven (7) continuous days in a prominent place at the Municipal Building, East Palestine, Ohio.
The method of publication, in accordance with this section, shall be determined by motion of the Council, and the Clerk of Council shall cause such publication to be made immediately following passage.
A failure to post or to publish, or 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 4.10 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 subsection a. of this section:
Certificate of Publication
I, the undersigned Clerk of Council of the Municipality of East Palestine, 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 ......., 19..., and that at such date said newspaper was determined by the Council to be of general circulation within the Municipality of East Palestine, Ohio.
Dated this ........day of ........., 19......
Clerk of Council
Municipality of East Palestine, Ohio
2. The following Certificate of Publication shall be used when the title to an ordinance or resolution is published as provided by subsection b. of this section.
Certificate of Publication
I, the undersigned Clerk of Council of the Municipality of East Palestine, 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 ......., 19...., and that at such date said newspaper was determined by the Council to be of general circulation within the Municipality of East Palestine, Ohio; and that said publication contained in addition to the title to the foregoing (ordinance or resolution) a statement that a copy of the full text of such (ordinance or resolution) was available for inspection at the office of the Clerk of Council, Municipal Building, East Palestine, Ohio.
Dated this ......day of ......., 19......
Clerk of Council
Municipality of East Palestine, Ohio
3. The following Certificate of Publication shall be used when an ordinance or resolution is posted as provided by subsection c. of this section:
Certificate of Publication
I, the undersigned Clerk of Council of the Municipality of East Palestine, Ohio, hereby certify that the foregoing (ordinance or resolution) was posted in a prominent place at the Municipal Building, East Palestine, Ohio, for seven (7) continuous days, to wit: (insert dates of posting).
Dated this .........date of ............, 19......
Clerk of Council
Municipality of East Palestine, 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.