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The Director of the Department of Law shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio. He/she shall perform such duties on a full-time or part-time basis, as may be assigned to the office of Director of Law by general law, as well as those imposed by the administrative code and this Charter. He/she need not be or become a resident of the Municipality. The Council may provide for assistants and special counsel to the Director of Law. All assistants shall be appointed by the Director of Law. The assistants shall be responsible to the Director of Law and, when authorized, may exercise all or any part of the powers, duties and functions granted to the Director of Law under this section. The Director of Law shall be appointed or removed by the Manager with the approval of Council. Special counsel may be employed by Council to perform powers, duties and functions authorized by and in the manner provided by Council.
The Director of Finance shall be the chief fiscal officer of the Municipality, and shall have the powers, and perform on a full or part-time basis, the duties and functions now or hereafter given to City Auditors and Treasurers under the general laws of Ohio to the extent those laws are not in conflict with this Charter. The Director of Finance shall be appointed or removed by the Manager with approval of Council. The Finance Director shall provide full and complete information concerning the financial affairs and status of the Municipality as requested by the Manager, Council or Mayor; and provide full and complete information and assistance concerning the finances or accounting systems or records of any office, department, division, bureau, board or commission of the Municipality as requested by the Manager.
There may be created a Department of Police by ordinance. Should such a Department be established, the Director shall be selected from qualified applicants.
The Director shall be appointed or removed by the Manager with the consent of Council. He/she shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon him/her by the laws of the State of Ohio and other ordinances not in conflict with this Charter.
There shall be a Planning Commission of five members. One shall be Mayor, one shall be a member of Council, elected by the Council, whose term on the Planning Commission shall expire at the next reorganization meeting of the Council. Three citizen members shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of the Council, for four-year staggered terms, and shall serve without compensation. The Manager shall be an ex-officio member without a vote. The Planning Commission shall perform such duties as prescribed by this Charter, ordinances of the municipality or state law, and in addition shall serve as the platting commission of the municipality.
The Council, when it deems necessary, may appoint a Board of Zoning Appeals consisting of three electors of the Municipality to serve three-year staggered and overlapping terms of office. Of those first appointed, one shall serve one year, one shall serve two years, and one shall serve three years. Until Council establishes a Board of Zoning Appeals, the Planning Commission shall act as such, and shall, while so acting, be known as the Administrative Board for Planning and Zoning Appeals. When appointed, the Board shall establish its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings in all matters coming before it. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have those powers, duties and functions as provided by this Charter and as provided by the ordinances and resolutions of the Municipality.