(a) Employees of the Fire Department shall be required to reside within Portage County, or any county adjacent to Portage County, in the State of Ohio.
(Ord. 2009-98. Passed 09-16-09)
(b) Employees who are appointed to the classified service in the Fire Department on or after August 10, 1988 shall have 360 days after the date of their original appointment in which to establish residency within the boundaries of the district or their employment shall be terminated.
(c) Employees who have received an appointment to the classified service in the Fire Department before August 10, 1988 and who reside outside the District on such date shall not be required to establish residency within the District. However, once an employee establishes residency within the District, the employee may not move his or her residency outside of the District or his or her employment shall be terminated automatically upon the date that he or she moves outside of the District, regardless of whether such move is known to the employee's appointing authority and regardless of whether the employee is paid for work performed after such date.
(d) Employees who have received an appointment to the classified service in the Fire Department before August 10, 1988 and who reside within the District on such date shall be required to maintain residency within the District or their employment shall be terminated automatically upon the date that they move outside of the District, regardless of whether their appointing authority knows of such move and regardless of whether the employees are paid for work performed after such date. Employees who have received an appointment to the classified service in the Fire Department before August 10, 1988 and who reside outside the District shall not be permitted to change residency unless residency is within the District. Employees with residency outside the District who change residency not within the District shall be terminated automatically upon the date they change residency not within the District shall be terminated automatically upon the date they change residency not within the District, regardless of whether their appointing authority knows of such move and regardless of whether the employees are paid for work performed after such date. (Ord. 1988-88. Passed 8-10-88.)