(a) Council will fix the compensation and bonds of all officers, clerks and employees of the Village except as otherwise provided by law. Council will, in the case of elective officers, fix their compensation for the ensuing term of office at a meeting held not later than five days prior to the last day fixed by law for filing as a candidate for such office. All bonds shall be made with sureties subject to the approval of the Mayor. The compensation so fixed shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which any officer is elected or appointed. This section does not prohibit the payment of any increased costs of continuing to provide the identical benefits provided to an officer at the commencement of his or her term of office.
(b) Compensation for Council members shall be three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) per month. In order to qualify for this monthly compensation, a member must attend at least one regular Council meeting in that month. Failure to attend at least one regular Council meeting in a month will result in no compensation being paid to the member for that respective month.
(c) Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 731.13, the compensation so fixed pursuant to this section shall not be increased or diminished; this section shall have no effect upon those members of the Council of the Village of Put-in-Bay during the term for which such member was elected or appointed; and this section will not be effective upon each individual Council member until such time as he or she is reelected. This section, however, shall be effective immediately upon passage and approval for those members of the Council of the Village of Put-in-Bay elected or appointed after such date of approval.
(d) Members of Council may waive all or a portion of the salary set forth in division (b) above.
(e) Nothing contained herein diminishes the expectation that members make every effort to attend regular and special meetings and the committee meetings to which they are appointed.
(Ord. 1401-23. Passed 5-9-23.)
Statutory Reference:
Compensation and bonds of village officers, clerks and employees, see Ohio R.C. 731.13