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The Director of Law, the Director of Finance, the Director of Service, and the Director of Safety, and such other administrative department heads or directors as may be determined necessary by Council shall be under the direction and supervision of the Manager. The Manager shall appoint and may remove all such administrative department heads. (Amended 11-4-75.)
1) QUALIFICATIONS.
The Director of Finance shall have knowledge of accounting, taxation, budgeting, and financial control as demonstrated by experience, education or both. The Director shall not serve on continuous active military service in excess of one (1) month either State or national, nor shall hold any other public office except that of notary public or member of the State Militia or Reserve Corps of the armed forces of the United States.
(Amended 11-4-75.)
2) POWERS AND DUTIES.
The Director of Finance shall be the head of the Department of Finance, serve as financial advisor to the administration and have authority and be required to:
(a) Maintain a general accounting system for the City government and each of its offices, departments and agencies consistent with municipal accounting practices and the law of the State of Ohio;
(b) Prepare and maintain annual income, operating and capital estimates with a supporting annual budget for the chief administrative officer of the City;
(c) Prepare and maintain a long range capital improvements budget for the chief administrative officer of the City. This budget shall delineate capital improvement projects to be undertaken by the City over a five year period. It shall further designate priorities among those projects, the rationale for the priorities and the anticipated modes of financing the projects;
(d) Supervise and be responsible for the disbursement of all moneys as authorized and in compliance with the law;
(e) Prepare for the chief administrative officer as of the end of each fiscal year, a complete financial statement and report;
(f) Collect all taxes, assessments, license fees and other revenues due the City or for whose collection the City is responsible, and receive all money receivable by the City from the County, State, or Federal government, or from any court, or from any office, department or agency of the City, or any moneys payable to the City from any source;
(g) Have control of all public funds and investments belonging to, or under the control of the City, or any office, department or agency of the City government, and select depositories per the Uniform Depository Laws of Ohio for all funds coming into the City;
(h) Examine and audit the accounts of all departments, boards, and commissions;
(i) Perform all duties and/or functions, now or hereafter, imposed on city auditors and treasurers by the laws of the State of Ohio and such other duties as the chief administrative officer may impose upon the Director consistent with the office of the Director of Finance and the provisions of this Charter. (Amended 11-4-75.)
1) QUALIFICATIONS.
The Director of Law shall be an attorney at law duly admitted to the practice of law in the State of Ohio. (Amended 11-4-75.)
2) POWERS AND DUTIES.
The Director of Law shall serve as the chief legal adviser to the Council, the Manager, and all City departments, offices, commissions and agencies, shall represent the City in all legal proceedings and shall perform any other duties prescribed by this Charter or by ordinance.
(Amended 11-4-75.)
1) QUALIFICATIONS.
The Director of Service shall have the experience, training, and knowledge which shall qualify him or her, in the opinion of the Manager, for the appointment to that office.
2) DUTIES.
The Director of Service shall have charge of all public works and improvements and the construction thereof, and of all engineering and inspection in connection therewith. The Director shall be charged with the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of streets, sidewalks, alleys, lanes, bridges, and breakwalls; of water mains, pumps, systems, pipes, purification and filtration plants, and the water distribution system; of sewers, sewage systems, drains, ditches, culverts, streams, watercourses and all public building, cemeteries, and other public places belonging to the City or dedicated to public use. The Director shall manage and control cemeteries, markethouses, sewage treatment plants, waterworks, and all public utilities of the City supported in whole or in part by taxation, and shall enforce all the obligations of privately owned or operated public utilities enforceable by the City. The Director shall have charge of the making and the preservation of all surveys, maps, plans, drawings and
estimates for public work, the cleaning, resurfacing, repairing, sprinkling and lighting of streets and public places; and the preservation of all property belonging to the City and pertaining to the functions thereof. The Director shall perform such other duties consistent with the office as may be required by the Charter, by ordinance of the Council, or as directed by the Manager.
(Amended 11-4-75.)
1) QUALIFICATIONS.
The Director of Safety shall have the experience, training and knowledge which shall qualify him or her, in the opinion of the Manager, for appointment to that office.
2) DUTIES.
The Director of Safety shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the government of the Department of Safety and the several divisions thereof, including Emergency Management, and shall be charged with the duty of enforcing all police, health, safety and sanitary regulations that may be prescribed by ordinances or rules of the City or the general laws of the State of Ohio. The Director shall perform such other duties, consistent with the office, as may be required by this Charter, by ordinance, or as directed by the Manager.
(Amended 11-8-2005)
(Amended 11-8-2005)
The Director of Service shall be a full-time employee of the City; the Director of Safety shall serve whatever hours the requirements of the office dictate. The Directors of Service and Safety shall be required to move within the City limits within one year from their date of hire. (Amended 11-7-95)