(A) Appointment; removal; abolishment of position.
(1) In accordance with R.C. § 735.271, there is hereby created the position of Village Administrator for the village.
(2) The Village Administrator shall have those powers, duties, and functions as provided by the laws of the state, as set forth in the Ohio Revised Code, as set forth in R.C. § 735.273.
(3) The Village Administrator’s term of service and appointment shall all be as set forth in R.C. § 735.271.
(Prior Code, § 234.01)
(B) Abolishment and re-establishment of Board of Trustees of Public Affairs.
(1) Upon the establishment of the position of Village Administrator, his or her appointment by the Mayor and confirmation by Council, as provided by division (A) above, the Board of Trustees of Public Affairs, if such a Board has been created, shall be abolished and the term of office of members of the Board shall terminate. All contracts entered into by the Board and rules and regulations promulgated and other action taken by the Board shall continue in effect until they have terminated of their own accord or until they have been modified, changed, revised, amended, or repealed in the manner provided by law.
(2) If Council abolishes the position of Village Administrator, as provided by division (A) above, a Board of Trustees of Public Affairs shall be established by operation of law and the Mayor shall appoint three members of the Board, subject to the confirmation of Council, who shall serve until the successors of the appointed members have been elected at the next regular election of municipal officers held in the municipality occurring more than 100 days after the appointment of such members by the Mayor. The Board shall have those powers and duties as otherwise provided by law.
(R.C. § 735.272)
(C) Powers and duties of Village Administrator.
(1) The Administrator shall manage, conduct, and control the water works, electric light plants, artificial or natural gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas, and collect all water, electric, and gas rents.
(2) The Administrator may make such bylaws and regulations as it deems necessary for the safe, economical and efficient management and protection of the works, plants, and public utilities. Such bylaws and regulations, when not repugnant to municipal ordinances and resolutions or to the Ohio Constitution, shall have the same validity of ordinances.
(3) The rates for service and charges for municipally owned utilities shall be determined by the Council.
(4) The Administrator shall have the same powers or perform the same duties as are provided in R.C. §§ 743.05 to 743.07, 743.10, 743.11, 743.18, and 743.24, and all the powers and duties relating to water works in any such sections shall extend to and include electric light, power, gas plants, and other similar public utilities.
(5) The Administrator shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares, landings, market houses, bridges, viaducts, sidewalks, sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, streams, and watercourses as well as lighting, sprinkling, and cleaning of all streets, alleys, and public buildings and places.
(6) The Administrator shall appoint officers, employees, agents, clerks, and assistants, provided the positions are first authorized by the Council, but the appointments shall be subject to approval by the Mayor. The appointments and the Mayor’s approval shall be in writing, and shall be filed with the Fiscal Officer.
(7) The Administrator shall be under the general supervision and control of the Mayor, and shall have such other powers and duties as are prescribed by ordinance or by law and which are not inconsistent herewith. The Administrator shall perform all duties and shall have all powers of Boards of Public Affairs and Street Commissioners as prescribed by law, except as otherwise provided by divisions (A) and (B) above.
(R.C. § 735.273)
(D) Designee for training. The Village Administrator is hereby appointed the designee for the Mayor and Council members of the village to obtain the required three hours training required by House Bill 9 (Ohio’s Open Record Law).
(Prior Code, § 234.03(h))
(E) Authority to reside outside village. The Village Administrator is hereby authorized to live outside of the corporate limits of the village until such time as the Council otherwise provides.
(Prior Code, § 234.04)
(Ord. 78-3, passed 6-26-1978; Ord. 78-5, passed 6-26-1978; Ord. 2007-7, passed 11-27-2007)
Statutory reference:
Village Administrator, see R.C. § 735.271