(A) The following administrative departments are created upon the effective date of the Charter:
1. A Public Works Department to be headed and under the general direction and supervision of the Manager, and which shall include the operation and maintenance of public streets, public parks and recreation, storm sewers, and sanitary sewers.;
2. A Public Utilities Department to be headed by and under the general direction and supervision of the Manager, and which shall include the operation and maintenance of public electric, water, and wastewater facilities and services,;
3. A Planning and Zoning Department, which shall be under the general direction and supervision of the Manager, and Which shall include the administration and oversight of the Village's Planning and Zoning Code;
4. An Office on Aging, which shall be under the general administration of the Manager, and under the general direction and supervision of the Mayor, officers and employees of which shall be appointed or removed by the Mayor with the approval of Council;
5. A Police Department, which shall be under the general administration of the Manager, and under the general supervision and direction of the Mayor, and which shall be headed by a Chief of Police, the officers and employees of which shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of Council. Until such time as a Civil Service Commission shall be operational pursuant to this Charter, the appointment, discipline, or removal of the Chief and other officers and employees of the Police Department shall be in compliance with the requirements of Section 737.15 et seq. of the Ohio Revised Code.;
6. Such other departments and divisions or other sub-units thereof as may be created by ordinance or resolution.
(Amended 11-2-21)
(B) The Council may combine, merge, change or alter any department created or authorized by Division (A) of this Section by ordinance or resolution, except that the Police Department shall not be combined or merged.
(C) The departments and divisions of the Village, and their administrative heads, shall have those powers, duties and functions as provided: in this Charter; by ordinance or resolution; and as provided by the general laws of Ohio, provided such general laws are not inconsistent with this Charter or the ordinances and resolutions of the Village. Positions created by ordinance or resolution may be filled or removed as provided by ordinance or resolution.