CHARTER
of the
CITY OF GROVE CITY, OHIO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Grove City Charter was originally adopted by the voters on November 4, 1958. Dates appearing in parentheses following a section heading indicate that those provisions were subsequently adopted or amended on the date indicated.

ARTICLE I
INCORPORATION, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, POWERS

Section 1.01   Incorporation.

Section 1.02   Boundaries.

Section 1.03   Powers.

Section 1.04   Manner of Exercise of Powers.

Section 1.05   Form of Government.

ARTICLE II
THE COUNCIL

Section 2.01   Number, Selection and Term. (11-2-82; 11-7-17)

Section 2.02   Qualifications. (11-7-17)

Section 2.03   Vacancies. (11-2-82)

Section 2.04   Salary. (11-7-17)

Section 2.05   Beginning of Term, Meetings, Officers. (11-6-62; 11-7-17)

Section 2.06   Election Contests.

Section 2.07   Rules: Journal.

Section 2.08   Powers of Council.

Section 2.09   Administrative Code.

Section 2.10   Ordinances. (11-6-62; 11-7-17)

Section 2.11   Publication of Ordinances. (11-2-82; 11-7-17)

Section 2.12   Effective Date of Ordinances. (11-2-82; 11-7-17)

Section 2.13   Adoption of Ordinances by Reference. (11-7-17)

Section 2.14   Initiative and Referendum.

Section 2.15   Resolutions. (11-2-82; 11-7-17)

ARTICLE III
THE MAYOR

Section 3.01   Election, Term. (11-6-62)

Section 3.02   Qualifications.

Section 3.03   Vacancies, Temporary and Permanent.

Section 3.04   Salary. (11-7-17)

Section 3.05   Powers and Duties. (11-7-17)

Section 3.06   Administrative Assistant. (11-7-17)

Section 3.07   Duties of Administrative Assistant. (11-7-17)

Section 3.08   Administrative Departments, Directors.

ARTICLE IV
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

Section 4.01   City Planning Commission. (11-2-82; 11-7-17)

Section 4.02   Zoning Board of Appeals. (11-2-82)

Section 4.03   Park Board. (11-2-82)

Section 4.04   Civil Service Commission. (11-2-82)

Section 4.05   Qualifications of Members of Boards and Commissions. (11-7-17)

ARTICLE V
FINANCE

Section 5.01   Fiscal Year.

Section 5.02   Preparation of Tax Budget. (11-7-17)

Section 5.03   Public Hearing on Estimates. (11-7-17)

Section 5.04   Tax Levy.

Section 5.05   Appropriation Ordinance. (11-7-17)

Section 5.06   (Removed 11-7-17)

Section 5.07   (Removed 11-7-17)

Section 5.08   Transfer of Funds. (11-6-62)

Section 5.09   Certain Contracts and Expenditures Prohibited.

Section 5.10   Certificate of Finance Director.

Section 5.11   Contracts Not to be Performed within One Year.

Section 5.12   Fees.

Section 5.13   Central Purchasing.

Section 5.14   Competitive Bidding. (11-2-82; 11-7-17)

ARTICLE VI
TAXATION AND BORROWING

Section 6.01   General. (11-2-82)

Section 6.02   Limitation on Rate of Taxation. (11-5-85)

ARTICLE VII
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

Section 7.01   Municipal Elections.

Section 7.02   Conduct of Elections.

Section 7.03   Wards. (11-2-82; 11-7-17)

Section 7.04   Nominations.

Section 7.05   Sponsors, Acceptance, Verification.

Section 7.06   Ballots.

Section 7.07   Voting, Election. (11-2-82)

ARTICLE VIII
RECALL

Section 8.01   Recall. (11-6-62)

Section 8.02   Form of Petitions: Committee.

Section 8.03   Filing and Examination of Petitions.

Section 8.04   Amendment of Petitions.

ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 9.01   Oath of Office.

Section 9.02   Official Bond.

Section 9.03   Personal Interest.

Section 9.04   Amendments to the Charter. (11-7-17)

Section 9.05   Council Members. (11-2-82)

ARTICLE X
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Section 10.01   (Removed 11-7-17)

Section 10.02   (Removed 11-7-17)

Section 10.03   (Removed 11-7-17)

Section 10.04   (Removed 11-7-17)

Section 10.05   (Removed 11-7-17)

Section 10.06   (Removed 11-7-17)

Section 10.07   (Removed 11-7-17)

Section 10.08   When Charter takes Effect.

Section 10.09   Appointments to Boards and Commissions.

Section 10.10   Terms and Addition of Two Council Members. (11-7-17)

CHARTER
of the
CITY OF GROVE CITY, OHIO

ARTICLE I INCORPORATION, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, POWERS

SECTION 1.01 INCORPORATION.

   The inhabitants of the Village of Grove City, Franklin County, Ohio, within its corporate limits as now established or as hereafter established in the manner provided by law, shall continue to be a body politic and corporate by the name of The City of Grove City, and as such shall have perpetual succession. This municipal corporation shall hereinafter be referred to as the City.

SECTION 1.02 BOUNDARIES.

   The City shall have full power and authority to change its boundaries and to annex other territory contiguous to it in the manner set forth in the general laws of Ohio.

SECTION 1.03 POWERS.

   The City shall have and exercise all the powers, general or special, governmental or proprietary, that may now or hereafter lawfully be possessed or exercised by municipal corporations under the Constitution and laws of Ohio. The mention of or reference to specific powers in this Charter shall not be construed to be exclusive, it being the intent that the City shall have and may exercise all powers which it would be competent for this Charter specifically to enumerate.