Section 115. Application for mandamus.

   In case any officer fails to perform any duty required by law, the City Attorney shall apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of such duty.

Section 116. Action by taxpayer.

   In case the City Attorney, upon written request of any taxpayer, fails to make any application provided for in the three preceding sections, such taxpayer may institute suit or proceedings for such purpose in his or her own name on behalf of the City. No such suit or proceedings shall be entertained by any court until such request to the City Attorney shall first have been made, nor until the taxpayer shall have given security for the costs of the proceeding.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 117. Action to enjoin contract.

   No action to enjoin the performance of a contract entered into, or the payment of any bonds or notes issued by the City, shall be brought or maintained unless commenced within one year from the date of such contract, bonds or notes.

Section 118. Power of the court on hearing.

   If the court hearing any such action is satisfied that the taxpayer had good cause to believe his or her allegations were well founded, or that they are sufficient in law, it shall make such order as the equity and justice of the case demand. In such case the taxpayer shall be allowed his or her costs, and if judgment be finally entered in his or her favor, he or she may be allowed as part of the costs a reasonable compensation for his or her attorney.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 119. Director of Law to be City Solicitor.

   In addition to the duties imposed upon the Director of Law by this Charter, or required of the Director of Law by ordinance, he or she shall perform the duties which are imposed upon city solicitors by statute.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 120. Duties of Director of Finance.

   The Director of Finance shall supervise the general financial policy of the City and shall be the chief fiscal officer of the City as defined by the laws of the State of Ohio. The Director of Finance shall establish, install, and maintain accounting procedures and systems in conformity with the laws of Ohio and shall prescribe the method of keeping accounts by all departments. He or she shall keep an account of all appropriations made by the Council and all expenditures made or contracted to be made under such appropriations. He or she shall supervise and control the various divisions of his or her department and perform such other duties as the Council may by ordinance require.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 121. Proposed Bond Issue - Duty of Director.

   When an issue of municipal bonds is proposed, before the same may be authorized, the Director of Finance shall prepare and furnish to the Mayor and to the Council a statement showing the condition of the City' s bonded indebtedness, if any, of the class of the proposed issue, and payable out of the same resources, including amounts and times of maturity of such outstanding bonds, and the state of the present resources out of which they are payable. If the proposed bond issue is for local improvements, the statement shall show the amount of bonded indebtedness for local improvements then outstanding, any portion of which is to be paid as the City's share thereof.

(Amended by electors 11-3-92)

Section 122. Report on Bonded Indebtedness.

   On or before the first day of January of each year, the Director of Finance shall report in detail to the Mayor and Council the state, character, amount and distribution of bonded indebtedness of the City, including that for local improvement.

(Amended by electors 11-3-92)

Section 123. Waiver by bidder on bond issues.

   When an issue of bonds has been authorized, the Director of Finance shall prepare for the use of bidders thereon an outline of the steps taken to authorize the same, together with the form of bond. No bid for such issue shall be accepted unless accompanied by a statement from the bidder that he or she has examined the form of the bond and the steps taken to authorize the issue thereof, and that he or she will accept the issue without conditions if awarded to him or her.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)