CHAPTER 31: LEGISLATION AND GOVERNANCE
Section
Village Council
   31.001   Membership; election; terms of office
   31.002   President Pro Tempore
   31.003   Vacancy when President Pro Tempore becomes Mayor
   31.004   Qualifications of members
   31.005   Compensation and bonds of village officers and employees
   31.006   Vacancies
   31.007   Judge of election and qualification of members; quorum and special meetings
   31.008   Rules; journal; expulsion of members
   31.009   Meetings
   31.010   General powers
   31.011   Failure to take oath or give bond
   31.012   Notice when new bond required
   31.013   Care, supervision, and management of public institutions
Ordinances and Resolutions
   31.025   Passage procedure
   31.026   Style of ordinances
   31.027   Subject and amendment of ordinances and resolutions
   31.028   Authentication and recording of ordinances and resolutions
   31.029   Publication of ordinances and resolutions; proof of publication and circulation
   31.030   Notice for proposed amendments to the Municipal Charter
   31.031   Times of publication required
   31.032   Publication and certification of ordinances in book form
   31.033   Adoption of technical ordinances and codes
   31.034   Certificate of Fiscal Officer as to publication
   31.035   Publication when no newspaper published in village
   31.036   Effect of not making publication
   31.037   Ordinances providing for appropriations or street improvements; emergency ordinances
   31.038   Ordinances and resolutions as evidence
Initiative and Referendum
   31.050   Initiative petitions
   31.051   Referendum petitions
   31.052   More than one ordinance required; application of subchapter
   31.053   Presentation of petitions
   31.054   Copy of proposed ordinance or measure to be filed with Fiscal Officer
   31.055   Words to be printed in red
   31.056   Designation of committee filing petition; public inspection of petitions; ordinances passed or repealed prior to election
   31.057   Itemized statement by circulator of petition
   31.058   Prohibited practices relative to petitions
   31.059   Accepting premiums for signing
   31.060   Threats in securing signatures
   31.061   Application of subchapter if Charter adopted
Contracts
   31.075   General restriction
   31.076   Contracts by Council
   31.077   Contracts by Village Administrator; central purchasing
   31.078   Bids and proceedings
   31.079   Award to lowest responsible bidder
   31.080   Alteration or modification of contracts
Statutory reference:
   Acquisition of public utility, see Ohio Const. Art. XVIII, § 5
   Adoption of Charter, see Ohio Const. Art. XVIII, §§ 7, 8, 9
   Annexation, see R.C. §§ 709.23 et seq.
   Application to various plans of government, see R.C. § 705.91
   Assessments, see R.C. §§ 727.25 et seq., 729.09, 729.11
   Charter method of passage or publication, see R.C. § 701.05
   Charter municipalities may adopt own provisions as to, see R.C. § 705.91
   Contracts for utility services without advertising for bids, see R.C. § 9.30
   Contracts for work on public buildings and improvements, see R.C. §§ 153.50 et seq.
   Declaratory judgments, see R.C. § 2721.03
   Gas company monopolies prohibited, see R.C. § 743.33
   Improvements, see R.C. §§ 727.09, 727.12, 727.23
   Initiative and referendum, see Ohio Const. Art. II, §§ 1 et seq.; R.C. §§ 3519.01 et seq.
   Police protection contracts, see R.C. §§ 505.43, 737.04
   Publication when no newspaper printed in municipal corporation, see R.C. § 504.125
   Recall of elective officer, see R.C. §§ 705.91, 705.92
   Service contracts with county, see R.C. §§ 307.14 et seq.
   Transfer of powers to county, see Ohio Const. Art. X, § 1