(a) Designation of Alternate Seat of City Government. The City Council, by ordinance or resolution, may establish and designate alternate or substitute sites or places, within or without the territorial limits of the City, as the emergency location(s) of City government and may make necessary arrangements for the use of those sites or places, whether such location(s) are within or without the City's territorial limits.
(b) Exercise of Powers.
(1) If, during a declared emergency, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of the City at the regular or usual place(s) thereof, the City Council may meet at previously designated alternate sites or places, or at any other convenient site or place, on the call of the presiding officer of the Council or any two (2) members of the Council, as the emergency location of City government.
(2) All or any part of the public business of the City may be conducted at the emergency location(s) during the declared emergency. During such time, the City's Council and its public officers shall have and possess and shall exercise, at the emergency location(s), all of the executive, legislative and judicial powers and functions conferred upon them under the City's Charter, the laws of the State, or the laws of the City. Such powers and functions may be exercised in the light of the exigencies of the emergency without regard to, or compliance with, this Chapter, including the rules of public notice, or with ORC 121.22, and all acts of that public body and officers shall be as valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of the City.
Statutory Reference: ORC 5502.24
(Ord. 2021-23. Adopted 12/29/21)