(a) On application of any party to a hearing on charges filed under Ohio R. C. 737.171, the Clerk-Treasurer, on behalf of Council, or Council itself shall issue a subpoena for witnesses. Every such subpoena shall be signed and sealed by the Clerk-Treasurer.
(b) A subpoena shall be directed to the person named therein and require him to attend at a specified time and place to testify as a witness. It may direct the person named to bring with him any book, paper, writing or other thing under his control, which he may be compelled to produce as evidence.
(c) A subpoena may be served by a sheriff, the Clerk-Treasurer, a constable, a police officer, a deputy of any of those listed herein, or by an attorney at law. Service of a subpoena upon the person named therein shall be made by delivery of a copy thereof to such person or by reading it to him in person or by leaving it at his usual place of residence, and by tendering to him upon demand the fees for one days attendance and the mileage allowed by law in civil cases in the court of common pleas. The person serving the subpoena shall file a return thereof with the Clerk-Treasurer.
(d) Disobedience of a subpoena, a refusal to be sworn, except upon failure to pay fees duly demanded, and an unlawful refusal to answer a question shall be deemed contempt of Council. Council shall have the same power to punish a witness for contempt as is conferred upon the Court of Common Pleas. In all such cases, witnesses shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities as are allowed witnesses in civil cases in the Court of Common Pleas, and the cost of all such proceedings shall be payable from the General Fund.