SECTION 5.16 PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
   The Clerk of Council shall cause the title to each ordinance and resolution passed by the Council to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper determined by Council to be of circulation within the Municipality.
    Such publication shall contain the title of each ordinance or resolution and a statement that a copy of the full text of such ordinance or resolution is available for inspection at the office of the Clerk of Council, Municipal Building, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
   A failure to publish or any omission, delay or error in said publication on the part of the newspaper by its officers, employees or agents, shall not cause such ordinance or resolution to be declared invalid, or otherwise affect the validity of such ordinance or resolution. In such event the Clerk of Council may authorize publication at a later date. After the publication of the title of each ordinance or resolution as hereinabove provided the Clerk of Council shall affix the following certification to the copy of the ordinance or resolution maintained in the official book or record provided for in Section 5.10 of this Charter.
   Such certification shall be prima facie evidence of such publication.
"Certificate of Publication
I, the undersigned Clerk of Council of The Municipality of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, hereby certify that the title to the foregoing (ordinance or resolution) was published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the (name of newspaper in which publication took place) on the                   day of 20 , and the day of 20 , and that at such dates said newspaper was determined by the Council to be of circulation within The Municipality of Upper Sandusky, Ohio; and that said publications contained in addition to the title of the foregoing (ordinance or resolution) a statement that a copy of the full text of such (ordinance or resolution) was available for inspection at the office of The Clerk of Council, Municipal Building, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
      Dated this               day of                       20 .
               (Name)
               Clerk of Council
               Municipality of Upper Sandusky, Ohio"
   The failure of the Clerk of Council to affix the "Certificate of Publication" provided hereinabove shall not affect the validity of an otherwise duly and properly enacted ordinance or resolution.
(Amended November 8, 2022.)