(A) The duties of the combined elected office of Village Clerk/Treasurer is hereby combined into one appointed office, to known as the Village Fiscal Officer.
(B) A certified copy of the ordinance from which this section is derived, upon its passage, shall be filed with the County Board of Elections not less than 120 days before the day of the next succeeding municipal primary election at which candidates for the office of Village Clerk/Treasurer are to be nominated.
(C) The Village Fiscal Officer appointed shall perform the duties provided by law for the Village Clerk/Treasurer and any other duties consistent with the nature of the office as provided for by ordinances of the village.
(D) The Village Fiscal Officer shall be appointed by the Mayor of the village. Said appointment does not become effective until it is approved by a majority vote of the Council of the village.
(E) Pursuant to state law, the change to the appointed position of Village Fiscal Officer shall become effective on January 1 following the next regular municipal election at which the Village Clerk/Treasurer is to be elected; unless there is a vacancy in the Village Clerk/Treasurer position, the change to the appointed Village Fiscal Officer shall take effect on the effective date of this section.
(F) Pursuant to R.C. § 733.262, the Village Fiscal Officer need not be an elector of the village or reside in the village at the time of the appointment. However, the Village Fiscal Officer shall become a resident of the village within six months after the appointment takes effect, unless an ordinance is passed approving the Village Fiscal Officer’s residence outside of the village.
(Ord. 20-05, passed 3-3-2020)