(a) The Police Department shall consist of a Chief of Police, up to two (2) supervisory employees, up to three (3) full-time patrolmen, up to fifteen (15) part-time officers, and up to fifteen (15) auxiliary officers as the Mayor and Council may from time to time deem appropriate.
(1) The Chief of Police and all full-time members of the Police Department shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by Council, as provided in Ohio R.C. 737.15 and 737.16.
(2) There shall be no residency requirement of any kind connected with the position of Police Chief.
(b) The part-time and auxiliary positions in subsection (a) hereof may or may not be filled at any time and are provided in order to give the Mayor and Chief of Police the ability to provide for coverage of the Village, and allow for vacation and sick days taken by full-time employees.
(1) The Chief of Police, in his discretion, may schedule part-time and Auxiliary police officers to insure police coverage for the Village, but at no time shall a part-time police officer work for more than seventy-nine hours per eighty hour pay period/tour of duty.
(2) Part time and auxiliary police officers will not be covered under the Village health insurance plan except as otherwise required by the laws of Ohio, and will not be entitled to accumulate sick leave or be entitled to holiday pay.
(Ord. 10-2017. Passed 9-11-17.)