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At six o’clock P.M. on the first Tuesday in January following a regular municipal election the commission shall meet at the usual place for holding commission meetings and the newly elected members shall assume the duties of office. Thereafter the commission shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, but not less frequently than once each month. Special meetings may be held upon vote of the commission taken in any regular or special meeting and, also, shall be called by the clerk upon the written request of the mayor, the city manager or two members of the commission. Any such vote or request shall state the subject to be considered at the special meeting and no other subject shall be there considered. Except for executive sessions not open to the public, all meetings of the commission and of the committees thereof shall be open to the public, and the rules of the commission shall provide that citizens of the city shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard at any such meeting in regard to any matter considered thereat.
The members of the commission may hold an executive session only after a majority of its quorum determines by a roll call vote to hold such a session and only at a regular or special meeting for the sole purpose of the consideration of any of the following matters:
A. To consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline or compensation of the City Manager or City Clerk;
B. To consider pending or imminent litigation;
C. To prepare for and review negotiations on compensation or other terms and conditions of employment for City personnel;
D. To consider matters regarded as confidential by federal law or rules or state statutes;
E. To consider specialized details of security arrangements;
F. To consider the purchase or sale of property for public purposes;
G. To consider the compensation or discipline of a City employee.
H. To consider details related to the security arrangements and emergency response protocols for the City of Piqua or an event where the City of Piqua is involved in the security, if disclosure of the matters discussed could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the security of the City of Piqua or the event being held in the City of Piqua;
I. To consider confidential information related to economic development as further defined by Ohio Revised Code Section 121.22(G)(8) or as amended;
J. To consider other matters as specifically authorized by Ohio Revised Code Section 121.22 as it specifically applies to municipalities.
(Adopted by electorate, November 7, 1989 – Amending Ordinance No. 51-89; Adopted by electorate, November 2, 2010 – Amending Ordinance No. 3-10; Adopted by electorate, November 8, 2016 - Amending Ordinance No. 5-16; Adopted by electorate, November 7, 2023 – Amending Ordinance No. 5-23)
The president of the commission, who shall have the title of mayor, shall preside at meetings of the commission and perform such other duties consistent with his office as may be imposed by the commission. He shall be recognized as the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes, by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process, and by the governor for military purposes. The president of the commission shall be chosen by direct election of the City Commissioners for a term of two years to commence on the first regular meeting in January commencing in 2018, and every two years thereafter. The City Commissioners shall also elect at the same meeting a vice mayor for a term of two years. Any commissioner shall be eligible to be mayor or vice mayor. If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor, the vice mayor shall succeed to the office of mayor for the unexpired term, and the commission shall choose another of its members to act as vice mayor. The vice mayor shall also perform all the duties of the office of mayor during the mayor’s absence or disability.
(Adopted by electorate, November 2, 2010 – Amending Ordinance No. 18-10; Adopted by electorate, November 8, 2016 – Amending Ordinance No. 8-16)
The salary of a member of the commission shall be **twenty dollars ($20.00) per month, and the salary of the mayor shall be **forty dollars ($40.00) per month unless modified by an ordinance adopting the recommendations of a citizens review committee. Said committee shall consist of at least five and not more than nine members who shall be electors of the City of Piqua appointed by the commission, at least one member being a resident of each ward. No officer or employee of the City of Piqua or member of the immediate family of such officer or employee shall be eligible to be a member of said committee. Said committee shall be appointed and convene every four years beginning in 1998 and issue a recommendation on salaries of commission members and the mayor. The commission may, by ordinance only, accept or reject said recommendation.
(Adopted by the electorate November 4, 1997 – Amending Ordinance No. 43-97 & 8-98; Adopted by the electorate November 2, 2010 – Amending Ordinance No. 18-10)
Editor’s note:
The current salary for the Mayor is $500 per month, and the current salary for City Commissioners is $416.67 per month. See Ord. 43-97, passed - -97 and Ord. 8-98, passed 3-2-98.
The commission shall choose a city clerk who shall keep the records of the commission and perform such other duties as may be required by this charter or by the commission. The city clerk shall be chosen for an indefinite term but may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the commission.The number of assistants and other employees in the office of the city clerk shall be fixed by ordinance, but all such assistants and employees shall be appointed, and may be removed, by the city clerk.
The commission shall be the judge of the continuing qualifications of its members and in such cases, shall have power to subpoena witnesses and compel the production of all pertinent books, records, and papers; but the decision of the commission in any such case shall be subject to review by the courts. The commission shall determine its own rules and order of business and keep a journal of its proceedings. It shall have power to compel the attendance of absent members, may censure its members for disorderly behavior and, by an affirmative vote of not less than seventy-five percent of the members, may expel a member for violation of its rules, a violation of the Charter, any criminal act involving dishonesty to which there was a criminal conviction or for some other reason for cause such as an ethical violation; but no member shall be expelled unless notified of the charge against him and given an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. Absence from three consecutive regular meetings shall operate to vacate the seat of a member unless such absence be authorized or excused by the commission.
(Adopted by electorate, November 6, 1979 – Amending Ordinance No. 41-79; Adopted by electorate, November 2, 2010 – Amending Ordinance No. 18-10)
(A) A majority of the members elected to the commission shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected to the commission shall be necessary to adopt any ordinance, resolution, order or vote; except that in the absence of a quorum, a vote to adjourn, or regarding the attendance of absent members, may be adopted by a majority of the members present. No member shall be excused from voting except on matters involving the consideration of his own official conduct or when his financial interests are involved. No member shall vote on matters involving the consideration of his own official conduct or when his financial interests are involved.
(Adopted by electorate November 7, 1989-Amending Ordinance No. 52-89
(B) In the event that all members of the commission are removed by death, disability, law, or forfeiture of office the Piqua Planning Commission shall be sworn and assume the duties as interim commission until a special election is called. Such special election shall be called by the interim commission to be held not less than forty nor more than sixty days after assuming the duties as interim commission. The special election is to be held at the same time as any other general or special election held within such time period. But if none such election is to be held within such period the interim commission shall call a special election to beheld within the time aforesaid.
(Adopted by electorate, November 6, 1979-Amending Ordinance No. 48-79)
Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced in the commission only in written or printed form. No ordinance, resolution, or bylaw shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. Ordinances making appropriations and ordinances codifying, revising, or rearranging existing ordinances shall be considered as being one subject. Ordinances making appropriations shall be confined to the subject of appropriations. No ordinance shall be passed until it has been read on three separate days, unless the requirement of reading it on three separate days be dispensed with by an affirmative vote of not less than seventy-five percent of the members of the commission. The final reading of each ordinance shall be in full unless a written or printed copy thereof shall have been furnished to each member of the commission prior to such reading. The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and resolution and entered upon the journal of the proceedings of the commission. The enacting clause of ordinances passed by the commission shall be, “Be it ordained by the people of the City of Piqua”. The enacting clause of ordinances submitted by the initiative shall be, “Be it ordained by the people of the City of Piqua”.
(Adopted by electorate, November 6, 1979 – Amending Ordinance No. 42-79)
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