117.01 Public hearing required for rate ordinance.
117.02 Certificates required for certain actions.
CROSS REFERENCES
Legislative procedure - see CHTR. § 37 et seq.
Emergency - see CHTR. § 43
Filing and publication - see CHTR. § 57
Initiative and referendum - see CHTR. Ch. VI
Franchises - see CHTR. Ch. XII
Publication in book form - see Ohio R.C. 731.23
Adoption of technical codes - see Ohio R.C. 731.231
No ordinance making, amending or renewing a grant to construct or operate a public utility or establishing rates for the service furnished by any public utility shall be adopted by Council until adequate public hearings have been held on such ordinance and until at least one week after the publication of such ordinance in its final form has been made in the Toledo City Journal.
(1952 Code § 2-4-10)
(a) Certificate Required Before Application.
No action shall be taken by Council on any appropriation or supplemental appropriation unless there is on file with the Clerk of Council a certificate of the Director of Finance that the amount to be appropriated is to the credit of an appropriate fund or is in process of collection free and clear from all encumbrances or prior appropriations.
(b) Transferring Funds.
No action shall be taken by Council on any transfer from one fund to another unless there is on file with the Clerk of Council a certificate of the Director of Finance that the amount to be transferred has not been encumbered by any appropriation.
(c) Transferring Appropriations.
No action shall be taken by Council on any transfer from one appropriation to another unless there is on file with the Clerk of Council a certificate of the Director of Finance that the amount to be transferred has not been encumbered and is not necessary for the appropriation from which the transfer is to be made.
(d) Creating New Positions and Compensation.
No action shall be taken by Council to create any new position in the public service, or to increase the compensation of any officer or employee in the public service unless there is on file with the Clerk of Council a certificate of the Director of Finance that there is an appropriation sufficient for such purpose.
(e) Certificates to be Attached.
Such certificates shall be in writing, and shall be attached to any ordinance or resolution subject to the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 695-96. Passed 10-8-96.)