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Elyria, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE ONE - General Provisions
TITLE THREE - Legislative
TITLE FIVE - Administrative
CHAPTER 121 Mayor
CHAPTER 123 City Finance Director
CHAPTER 125 City Law Director
CHAPTER 127 Administrative Finance Counsel
CHAPTER 129 Administrative Legal Counsel
CHAPTER 131 Tax Administrator
CHAPTER 133 Department of Safety and Service
CHAPTER 135 Division of Police
CHAPTER 137 Division of Fire
CHAPTER 139 Division of Building and Zoning Inspection
CHAPTER 141 Division of Communications
CHAPTER 143 Division of Engineering
CHAPTER 145 Division of Streets
CHAPTER 147 Division of Public Buildings and Works
CHAPTER 149 Division of Utilities
CHAPTER 151 Division of Cemeteries
CHAPTER 153 Division of Forestry
CHAPTER 154 Planning Department
CHAPTER 155 Division of Purchasing and Personnel
CHAPTER 156 Building Department
CHAPTER 157 Department of Health
CHAPTER 158 Forestry Department
CHAPTER 159 Community Development Department
CHAPTER 160 Department of Parks and Recreation
CHAPTER 161 Urban Renewal
CHAPTER 163 Conflict of Interest; Board of Ethics
CHAPTER 165 Employees Generally
CHAPTER 167 Affirmative Action
CHAPTER 168 Minority Business Enterprise Program
CHAPTER 169 Arbitration Under Collective Bargaining Agreements
CHAPTER 170 IT Department
TITLE SEVEN - Boards and Commissions
TITLE NINE - Judicial
TITLE ELEVEN - Taxation
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 133
Department of Safety and Service
133.01   Appointment of employees.
133.02   Assistant to the Safety-Service Director.
133.03   Control of City Jail.
133.04   Uniforms for Police and Fire Divisions.
133.05   Payment for ambulance service.
133.06   Animal Warden; assistants.
133.07   Payment for damage or destruction of City property.
133.08   Sale of firewood and composted leaves. (Repealed)
133.09   Payment of expenses of confinement. (Repealed)
133.10   Sale of real estate.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Creation; appointment of Director - see CHTR. § 10.01
   Assistant directors - see CHTR. § 10.02
   Powers, duties, functions of director - see CHTR. § 10.03
   Departmental organization - see CHTR. § 10.04
   Division of Purchasing and Personnel - see CHTR. § 10.05
   Merger of service and safety departments - see Ohio R.C. 733.03
   Authority for traffic control - see TRAF. Ch. 305
   Powers as to sewers and sewage - see S. & P. 931.06 et seq.; 935.07
   Powers as to water - see S. & P.S. 939.05
   Powers as to cemeteries - see S. & P.S. 951.03
133.01 APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES.
   The positions in the various subdepartments of the Department of Safety and Service shall be filled by appointment by the Director of Safety-Service in the manner provided by law and in accordance with the civil service rules and regulations of the City.
(Ord. 1-58. Passed 3-3-58.)
133.02 ASSISTANT TO THE SAFETY-SERVICE DIRECTOR.
   (a)   The position of Assistant to the Director in the Department of Safety and Service shall be a position in the unclassified service.
(Ord. 70-79. Passed 5-12-70.)
   (b)   The duties and responsibilities of the Assistant Safety-Service Director shall be to act as agent for the City on annexations, to correlate and handle complaints received by the City, to control the condition of empty lots throughout the City and such other duties as the Director may assign to him from time to time.
(Ord. 82-140. Passed 6-7-82.)
133.03 CONTROL OF CITY JAIL.
   The Director of Safety-Service shall have charge and control of the City prison, jail or station house and of any other place for the confinement of criminals which may be established by Council.
(R.O. 1946, C. 26, Sec. 1.)
133.04 UNIFORMS FOR POLICE AND FIRE DIVISIONS.
   (a)   Allowance Amount. There is established a Uniform Allowance for all Class B patrolmen and firemen in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400.00).
(Ord. 72-140. Passed 8-22-72.)
   (b)   Uniforms for Class B Personnel. Upon entry into the service of the Elyria Police and Fire Divisions, each Class B Patrolman and Fireman will be furnished a complete uniform, as prescribed by the Police Chief and Fire Chief respectively, and approved by the Director of Safety-Service. Such uniform will remain the property of the City until completion of the probation period.
(Ord. 68-17. Passed 2-19-68.)
   (c)   No Subsequent Allowance. The uniform allowance is to be paid only to Class B patrolmen and firemen and, being reclassified to Class A after serving their probationary period, there shall be no additional uniform allowance granted to such patrolmen or firemen or any other patrolmen or firemen or officer of rank.
(Ord. 72-140. Passed 8-22-72.)
   (d)   Authorization for Purchase and Repair. The purchase of new and replacement uniforms and extraordinary repairs are to be authorized as needed through the Chief of the Division with approval of the Director of Safety-Service.
   (e)   Minor Repairs. The aforesaid allowances shall not be used for minor repairs resulting from normal wear and tear.
   (f)   Additional Amount for Extraordinary Cleaning. There is hereby authorized an additional amount of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year per person for Class A and Class B Patrolmen and officers of rank in the Police Division for extraordinary cleaning, as approved by the Police Chief and the Director of Safety-Service, to be paid in the same manner as for purchases of clothing and repairs by contracts with vendors.
   (g)   Vendor Contracts. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with appropriate vendors, in accordance with law, for the purchase of clothing items and repairs to the same. Such contracts shall be entered into on an annual basis with the appropriate vendors.
   (h)   Administration of Allowances. The administration of uniform allowances shall be under the direction of the Director of Safety-Service and shall be paid from and charged against the General Fund of the City.
   (i)   Allowance for Meter Maids and Record Clerk. There is hereby established for the Meter Maids and Record Clerk in the Police Division a uniform allowance of not more than eighty dollars ($80.00) per year per person.
(Ord. 66-59. Passed 4-4-66.)
   (j)   Allowance for Police Auxiliary. The members of the Police Auxiliary are hereby granted a uniform allowance as herein specified. The Auditor, upon approval of the Director of Safety-Service, is hereby authorized to reimburse members of the Police Auxiliary for the cost of each uniform at not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) per individual per year. The allowance shall be paid from the Police Division's Uniform and Clothing Allowance Account of the General Fund of the City.
(Ord. 81-272. Passed 12-7-81.)
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