(a) There is hereby established a Department of Public Safety to be headed by a Director of Public Safety who need not be an elector of the City at the time of appointment, but who shall become an elector thereof within six months after his or her appointment. The Director of Public Safety shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Mayor, and may be removed by the Mayor, without cause.
(b) The Director of Public Safety shall be the executive head of the Division of Police and the Division of Fire, if such Division of Fire shall be created by the Council by ordinance or resolution, and such other divisions as shall be established and placed within the Department of Public Safety by Council by ordinance or resolution. The Director shall make all necessary administrative rules and regulations for the governing of the Department of Safety and the several divisions thereof, subject to the approval of the Mayor, and shall be charged with the duty of enforcing all police regulations that may be assigned to the Department and prescribed by ordinance or resolution of the City or the general laws of the State of Ohio. The Director of Public Safety shall perform such other duties, consistent with his office, as may be required by this Charter, by ordinance or resolution of Council, or as directed by the Mayor. The Mayor shall designate an Acting Director to serve in the event of a vacancy in the office or the temporary absence or disability of the Director, and such Acting Director shall exercise all the powers, duties and functions of the Director.
(c) The Division of Police may include an auxiliary police unit as authorized by ordinance or resolution.