(a) Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 733.262, Council does hereby establish the combined elected office of Clerk-Treasurer into an appointed office to be known as the Village Fiscal Officer.
(b) The Village Fiscal Officer shall be appointed by the Mayor, but that appointment shall not become effective until it is approved by a majority vote of Council.
(1) The Village Fiscal Officer need not be an elector of the Village or reside in the Village at the time of appointment; however, the Fiscal Officer shall become a resident of the Village within six months after the appointment takes effect, unless an ordinance is passed approving the Fiscal Officer’s residence outside of the Village.
(c) The Fiscal Officer may be removed without cause either by the Mayor with the consent of a majority of the members of the Village Council or by a three-fourths vote of the Village Council with or without the consent of the Mayor.
(Ord. 2005-10. Passed 11-9-05; Ord. 2008-10. Passed 8-11-08.)