(a) Appointment. The City Manager is hereby appointed as the Public Safety Director, acting ex-officio, in accordance with Section 6.02B.(9) of the City Charter.
(b) Powers and Duties. The Public Safety Director is hereby authorized to have the following powers and to perform the following duties:
(1) The Public Safety Director shall have supervision and control of the Public Safety Department and its Divisions, except that the Division Heads shall have the exclusive control of the stationing and transfer of all officers and employees of their respective Divisions, under such general rules and regulations as the Public Safety Director prescribes.
(2) The Public Safety Director shall be responsible for providing for, and ensuring the security of, all City buildings and facilities and safety and security of the general public and employees at such buildings and facilities.
(3) The Public Safety Director, upon the review and recommendation of the City Engineer, shall make and issue rules and regulations concerning:
A. The number, type and location of traffic control devices and signs;
B. The regulation or prohibition of parking on public ways and/or public property, including the authority to establish permit parking and the fee for such permits;
C. The creation or abolition of disability parking spaces on public ways and/or public property, in accordance with state law and, when requested by private individuals, upon the recommendation of the Council’s Public Service & Utilities Standing Committee;
D. The regulation of the right-of-way at intersections of streets, alleys, and highways;
E. The regulation or prohibition of turns at intersections;
F. The creation, abolition, and regulation of through routes and truck routes, pedestrian crosswalks and safety zones, bus loading and unloading zones, business loading zones, and traffic lanes and passing zones;
G. The regulation of the direction of traffic on public ways and the creation and abolition of one-way public streets, roads, alleys, courts or drives; and
H. The establishment of snow routes and regulation of parking on those designated routes.
(Statutory reference ORC 737.022)
(4) The Public Safety Director shall have the authority to establish guidelines, rules, and fees by administrative directive for the rental or use of any of the Divisions' facilities by another governmental entity or corporation when such rental or use will not interfere with the daily, usual operations of the respective Division.
(5) Any additional powers or duties relative to police, fire and EMS, or emergency communication services as may be necessary to carry out the duties placed upon the Public Safety Director pursuant to the City's Charter, by City Council or by applicable state law.
(c) Assistant Public Safety Director. The City Manager may appoint an Assistant Public Safety Director, who shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Public Safety Director, and who shall perform such duties as assigned by the Public Safety Director.
(d) Unclassified Service. In accordance with Section 10.02 of the City Charter, the positions of Public Safety Director and Assistant Public Safety Director shall be in the unclassified service.
(Ord. 2018-31. Adopted 10/25/18; Ord. 2021-04. Adopted 02/11/21; Ord. 2022-28. Adopted 08/25/22)