(a) All elected officials and those appointed officials who serve on the Board of Control shall file a copy of a financial disclosure statement, utilizing forms provided by the Ohio Ethics Commission, with the Clerk of Council, no later than May 30th in each year. Nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to require appointed officials to file the financial disclosure statement with the Ohio Ethics Commission. Likewise, nothing contained herein shall be construed as excusing any person who is required to file a disclosure statement with the Ohio Ethics Commission.
(b) Any official failing to file the financial disclosure statement as required by subsection (a) hereof, shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Any person filing a false statement contained within the statement, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (Ord. 2021-16. Passed 3-16-21.)