(A) Appointment powers, term, and removal. The legislative authority may establish the position of Administrator by ordinance. The Administrator established under this section shall have those powers provided by division (B) below. The Administrator shall be appointed by the Mayor, but shall not take office unless his or her appointment has been approved by a majority vote of the members elected to the legislative authority. The Administrator need not be an elector of the village or reside in the village unless the legislative authority would otherwise by ordinance so decree. The Administrator shall not be an elected official of the municipality at the time of his or her appointment or during his or her tenure in office. The Administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and the legislative authority and may be removed without cause by the Mayor with the consent of a majority of the members elected to the legislative authority, or he or she may be removed without cause by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the members elected to the legislative authority, without the consent of the Mayor. The legislative authority may abolish the position of Administrator by ordinance.
(B) Powers and duties of the Administrator.
(1) The Administrator shall manage, conduct, and control the water works, electric light plants, artificial or natural gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas, and collect all water, electric, and gas rents.
(2) The Administrator may make such by-laws and regulations as he or she deems necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of such works, plants, and public utilities. Such by-laws and regulations, when not repugnant to municipal ordinances and resolutions or to the State Constitution, shall have the same validity of ordinances.
(3) The rates for service and charges for municipally-owned utilities shall be determined by the legislative authority.
(4) The Administrator shall have the same powers or perform the same duties as are provided in R.C. §§ 743.05 to 743.07, 743.10, 743.11, 743.18, and 743.24, and all the powers and duties relating to water works in any such sections shall extend to and include electric light, power, gas plants, and other similar public utilities.
(5) The Administrator shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares, landings, market houses, bridges, viaducts, sidewalks, sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, streams, and water courses as well as lighting, sprinkling, and cleaning of all streets, alleys, and public buildings and places.
(6) The Administrator shall appoint officers, employees, agents, clerks, and assistants, provided such positions are first authorized by the legislative authority, but such appointments shall be subject to approval by the Mayor. Such appointments and the Mayor’s approval shall be in writing, and shall be filed with the Village Fiscal Officer.
(7) The Administrator shall be under the general supervision and control of the Mayor, and shall have such other powers and duties as are prescribed by ordinance or by law and which are not inconsistent herewith. The Administrator shall perform all duties and shall have all powers of Boards of Public Affairs and Street Commissioners as prescribed by law, except as otherwise provided by R.C. §§ 735.271 and 735.272.
(R.C. § 735.273) (2000 Code, § 31.61) (Ord. O-14-21, passed 3-8-2021)
Cross-reference:
Administrator, contracting and central purchasing, see § 32.25(B)