(a) The Volunteer Police Officers’ Dependents Fund Board (“Board”) is hereby established.
(b) The Board shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two board members elected by the Utica Village Council.
(2) Two board members elected by the volunteer peace officers of the Utica Police Department.
(3) One board member, elected by the board members elected pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and (2) hereof. This board member must be an elector of the Village of Utica, but not a public employee, member of the Utica Village Council, or peace officer of the Utica Police Department.
(c) The term of office of a board member begins the first day of January and is one year.
(d) (1) The election of the board members specified in subsection (b)(1) hereof shall be held each year, not earlier than the first day of November and not later than the second Monday in December.
(2) The election of the members specified in subsection (b)(1) hereof shall be held each year on or before the thirty-first day of December.
(3) The members specified in subsection (b)(2) hereof shall be elected on or before the second Monday in December, as follows:
A. The secretary of the board shall give notice of the election by posting it in a conspicuous place at the headquarters of the Police Department. Between nine a.m. and nine p.m. on the day designated, each person eligible to vote shall send, in writing, the name of two persons eligible to be elected to the board who are the person’s choices.
B. All votes cast at the election shall be counted and recorded by the board, which shall announce the result. The two persons receiving the highest number of votes are elected. If there is a tie vote for any two persons, the election shall be decided by lot or in any other way agreed on by the persons for whom the tie vote was cast.
B. All votes cast at the election shall be counted and recorded by the board, which shall announce the result. The two persons receiving the highest number of votes are elected. If there is a tie vote for any two persons, the election shall be decided by lot or in any other way agreed on by the persons for whom the tie vote was cast.
(e) Any vacancy occurring on the board shall be filled at a special election called by the board’s secretary.
(f) The board shall meet promptly after election of the board’s members and organize. The board shall select from among its members a chairperson and a secretary.
(g) The secretary of the board shall keep a complete record of the board’s proceedings, which shall be maintained as a permanent file.
(h) Board members shall serve without compensation.
(i) The secretary shall submit all of the following to the director of commerce:
(1) The name and address of each board member and an indication of the group or authority that elected the member;
(2) The names of the chairperson and secretary;
(3) A certificate indicating the current assessed property valuation of the Village of Utica that is prepared by the Village Fiscal Officer.
(j) The board shall perform its duties and have authority as set forth in Ohio R.C. Chapter 143.
(Ord. 16-016. Passed 6-20-16.)