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No ordinance or resolution shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. No ordinance or section thereof shall be revived or amended unless the new ordinance contains the entire ordinance or section revived or amended and unless the ordinance or section so amended is repealed. Each such resolution and ordinance shall be adopted or passed by a separate vote of the legislative authority and the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the journal.
(R.C. § 731.19)
Ordinances and resolutions shall be authenticated by the signature of the Presiding Officer and Clerk of Council of the municipality. A succinct summary of ordinances of a general nature or providing for improvements shall be published as provided by §§ 32.045 and 32.047 before going into operation. No ordinance shall take effect until the expiration of ten days after the first publication of the notice. As soon as a resolution or ordinance is passed and signed, it shall be recorded by the Clerk in a book furnished by the legislative authority for that purpose.
(R.C. § 731.20)
(A) (1) A succinct summary of each municipal ordinance or resolution and all statements, orders, proclamations, notices and reports required by law or ordinance to be published, shall be published using at least one of the following methods:
(a) In a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality;
(b) On the official public notice web site established under R.C. § 125.182;
(c) On the web site and social media account of the municipality.
(2) Proof of the publication shall be made by affidavit of the proprietor of the newspaper or the operator of the official public notice web site, as applicable, and shall be filed with the Clerk of the legislative authority.
(B) The publication shall contain notice that the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution may be obtained or viewed at the office of the Clerk of the legislative authority and may be viewed at any other location designated by the legislative authority. The legal counsel of the municipality shall review the summary of an ordinance or resolution published under this section before forwarding it to the Clerk for publication, to ensure that the summary is legally accurate and sufficient.
(C) Upon publication of a summary of an ordinance or resolution in accordance with this section, the Clerk of the legislative authority shall supply a copy of the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution to any person, upon request, and may charge a reasonable fee, set by the legislative authority, for each copy supplied. The Clerk shall post a copy of the text at the Clerk’s office and at every other location designated by the legislative authority.
(R.C. § 731.21)
In accordance with Section 9 of Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution, notice of proposed amendments to the Village Charter, if and when one is adopted by and for the municipality, shall be given in one of the following ways.
(A) Not less than 30 days prior to the election at which the amendment is to be submitted to the electors, the Clerk of the municipality shall mail a copy of the proposed Charter amendment to each elector whose name appears upon the poll or registration books of the last regular or general election held therein.
(B) The full text of the proposed Charter amendment shall be published once a week for not less than two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or as provided in R.C. § 7.16, with the first publication being at least 15 days prior to the election at which the amendment is to be submitted to the electors.
(R.C. § 731.211)
The publication required in § 32.045 shall be for the following times:
(A) Summaries of ordinances or resolutions, and proclamations of elections, once a week for two consecutive weeks;
(B) Notices, not less than two nor more than four consecutive weeks; and
(C) All other matters shall be published once.
(R.C. § 731.22)
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