Each ordinance or resolution passed by the Council shall be published:
(a) By publication in full once on electronic media as deemed appropriate by Council and in a newspaper determined by Council to be of circulation within the Municipality; or
(b) By publication of its title once on electronic media as deemed appropriate by Council and in a newspaper determined by Council to be of circulation within the Municipality, and such publication shall contain a statement that a copy of the full text of such ordinance or resolution is available for inspection at the office of the Clerk of Council, Miamisburg, Ohio.
The method of publication, in accordance with this section, shall be determined by Council, and the Clerk of Council shall cause such publication to be made.
(Amended Nov. 4, 2008; Nov. 5, 2013)
A failure to publish or an omission, delay or error in said publication on the part of a newspaper, its officers, employees or agents, shall not cause such ordinance or resolution to be declared invalid or otherwise affect the validity of such ordinance or resolution, and in such events the Clerk of Council may authorize publication at a later date. After the publication of each ordinance or resolution as hereinabove provided, the Clerk of Council shall affix the appropriate following certification to the copy of the ordinance or resolution maintained in the official Journal or record provided for in Section 4.10 of this Charter, and such certification shall be prima-facie evidence of such publication.
(1) The following Certificate of Publication shall be used when the full text of an ordinance or resolution is published as provided by subsection (a) of this section:
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I, the undersigned Clerk of Council of the Municipality of Miamisburg, Ohio, hereby certify that the full text of the foregoing (ordinance or resolution) was published on appropriate electronic media and in the (name of newspaper in which publication took place) on the _________ day of _________ , 20 ____ , and that at such date said newspaper was determined by the Council to be of circulation within the Municipality of Miamisburg, Ohio.
Dated this day of 20___.
(Name)
Clerk of Council
Municipality of Miamisburg, Ohio
(2) The following Certificate of Publication shall be used when the title to an ordinance or resolution is published as provided by subsection (b) of this section:
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I, the undersigned Clerk of Council of the Municipality of Miamisburg, Ohio, hereby certify that the title to the foregoing (ordinance or resolution) was published on appropriate electronic media in the (name of newspaper in which publication took place) on the ______ day of _________ , 20 ____, and that at such date said newspaper was determined by the Council to be of circulation within the Municipality of Miamisburg, Ohio, and that said publication contained, in addition to the title to the foregoing (ordinance or resolution), a statement that a copy of the full text of such (ordinance or resolution) was available for inspection at the office of the Clerk of Council, Municipal Building, Miamisburg, Ohio.
Dated this ______ day of ______ 20____.
(Name)
Clerk of Council
Municipality of Miamisburg, Ohio
The failure of the Clerk of Council to affix the appropriate “Certificate of Publication” provided hereinabove shall not affect the validity of an otherwise duly and properly enacted ordinance or resolution.
(Amended Nov. 6, 2018)