SECTION 1. General Provisions. A Law Department, a Finance Department, a Public Safety Division, and a Service Department are hereby established by this Charter, and the Council shall provide by ordinance for the organization thereof. The Council may establish by ordinance new departments or divisions thereof. With the exception of the Law and Finance Departments and the Public Safety Division, the Council may combine or abolish existing departments and divisions as it may deem necessary and may authorize one person to be the head of two or more departments or divisions.
SECTION 2. The Law Department shall be in the charge of the Law Director, appointed by the Council to serve at the pleasure thereof. The Law Director shall be duly admitted to the practice of law in Ohio. The Law Director shall be the city solicitor and shall perform all duties required by ordinance and the duties which are imposed upon city solicitors by the general law of Ohio.
(11-7-2023.)
SECTION 3. The Finance Department shall be headed by the Finance Director, who shall be the fiscal officer and Treasurer of the City. The Finance Director shall keep all the financial records and accounts of the City and an accurate account of all taxes and assessments, all assets and liabilities, all appropriations made by the Council, and all receipts and disbursements by the City. All payrolls, bills and other claims are subject to the Finance Director’s examination and approval. The Finance Director shall issue warrants or checks for expenditures for which appropriations have been duly made and shall sign checks as Council shall require. The Finance Director shall assist the Mayor and Council in the preparation of estimates, budgets and appropriations, and shall perform all the duties required by this Charter or by ordinance of Council.
The Finance Director shall serve as the Treasurer of the City and shall be the collector and custodian of all monies of the City. The Finance Director shall keep and preserve them in such manner and in such places as the Council shall determine. The Finance Director shall receive and disburse all other public money coming into the City treasury in pursuance of such regulations as may be prescribed by the authorities having lawful control over such funds.
There shall be in the Public Safety Division, a Police Department, a Fire Department, and a Building Department.
(11-6-1979; 11-7-2023.)