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All elected City officials shall take office on the second day of January following regular municipal election. Newly elected members shall take the oath of office and the Council shall elect from its own number a president of Council to preside over its sessions and to serve as mayor in the event of the latter's death or disability. The Council shall also elect at its organization meeting, a clerk, who shall perform such duties as the Council may prescribe and shall receive such compensation for his services as may be provided by ordinance. The Clerk shall not be a member of the Council. Thereafter meetings shall be held regularly at a time prescribed by the Council rules, but not less frequently than once each month. All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public except for those exemptions set forth in the Ohio Revised Code and approved by two-thirds vote of all of the members of Council.(Amended 11-6-62; Amended 11-7-17)
All powers of the City not specifically vested in other offices by this Charter shall be vested in the Council, which shall determine all questions of general policy, by the enactment of ordinances or the adoption of resolutions, as herein provided. Among other powers the Council shall have authority to:
(1) Establish administrative departments, agencies, boards and commissions and define their duties and powers;
(2) Adopt the Municipal tax budget and the annual appropriation ordinance;
(3) Inquire into the conduct of any Municipal officer or employee in his performance of his public duties;
(4) Make investigations of any office, department or agency of the City government.
(5) Regulate and restrict the use of privately owned real estate in the interests of health, safety, morals, welfare and conveniences of the people by establishing zones, and limiting land use and building height and area.
(6) Adopt and approve plats of subdivisions within the corporate limits.
(7) Adopt and modify the official map of the City.
(8) Create a housing authority and provide for safe and sanitary housing for families of low income.
(9) Authorize the rehabilitation of blighted areas, in cooperation with Federal agencies, on recommendation of and according to plans prepared by the City Planning Commission.
(10) Enact ordinances establishing police, sanitary and other regulations contemplated by Article XVIII, Section 3 of the Ohio State Constitution.
(11) Employ a Certified Public Accountant to make an audit of the financial affairs of the City whenever such an audit is deemed necessary; provided, however, that such an annual audit shall be made within two months after the close of each fiscal year in which an audit has not been made under the authority of the Auditor of State.
(12) Authorize the levy of taxes and the issuance of bonds, as provided in this Charter.
Subject to the provisions of this Charter, and after consultation with the Mayor and his Administrative Assistant, the Council shall adopt an administrative code which shall provide in detail the organization of the City government, define the powers and duties of each of its organization units and determine, in general the administrative procedures to be followed. The Council shall have authority to delegate in such administrative code to the Mayor and to his Administrative Assistant and then to the heads of departments, power to make rules and regulations consistent with the administrative code, the Charter and the State law, when applicable, to govern management practices to be employed by the officers and employees under their supervision.
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