Ohio Revised Code Chapter 705 - Plans Of Government

• Section 705.01 - Petition For Submission Of Question Of Organizing Municipal Corporation Under A Specific Plan.
  Whenever electors of any municipal corporation, equal in number to ten per cent of those who voted at the last regular municipal election, file...
• Section 705.02 - Effect Of Petition For Submission Of Question Of Choosing Commission To Frame Charter On Petition To Adopt Optional Plan.
  The proposition to adopt a plan of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not be submitted to...
• Section 705.03 - Form Of Ballot In Submitting Question Of Organizing Under Plan.
  In submitting to the electors of any municipal corporation the question of organizing under any one of the plans of government provided in sections...
• Section 705.04 - Adoption Of Plan.
  If, the proposition of adopting a plan of government submitted as provided by sections 705.01 to 705.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is approved...
• Section 705.05 - Submission Of Supplementary Propositions.
  In any municipal corporation in which a plan of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, has been adopted,...
• Section 705.06 - Board Of Elections Shall File Certificate Of Election Results.
  Immediately after an election upon the adoption of any plan of government or proposition provided in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised...
• Section 705.07 - Sections Applicable To Each Plan.
  Sections 705.07 to 705.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, apply to and are a part of each plan of government provided in sections 705.41...
• Section 705.08 - Treasurer - Duties.
  The treasurer shall be the custodian of all moneys of the municipal corporation, and shall keep the moneys in such manner and in such...
• Section 705.09 - Auditor - Duties.
  The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall choose an auditor, who shall keep an accurate account of all taxes and assessments, and of...
• Section 705.10 - Clerk - Duties.
  The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall choose a clerk and such other officers and employees of its own body as are necessary....
• Section 705.11 - Village Solicitor Or City Director Of Law - Duties.
  The village solicitor or city director of law shall act as the legal advisor to and attorney for the municipal corporation, and for all...
• Section 705.12 - Qualifications Of Members Of Legislative Authority.
  Members of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be electors of the municipal corporation. They shall not hold any other public office...
• Section 705.13 - Salaries And Attendance Of Members.
  The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall, by ordinance, fix the salary of its members which shall be paid in equal monthly installments....
• Section 705.14 - Election Of Chairman And Vice-chairman.
  Except as otherwise provided in section 705.53 of the Revised Code, at the first meeting following each regular municipal election, the legislative authority of...
• Section 705.15 - Powers Of Legislative Authority.
  A majority of all members of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation constitutes a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day...
• Section 705.16 - Publication Of Ordinances Or Resolutions.
  (A) All ordinances or resolutions shall be in effect after thirty days from the date of their passage, except as provided in section 705.75...
• Section 705.17 - Annual Tax Ordinance.
  An annual tax ordinance to determine the amount of the tax levy shall be prepared by the mayor, the chairman of the commission, or...
• Section 705.18 - Annual Appropriation Ordinance - Supplemental Appropriation.
  An annual appropriation ordinance shall be prepared by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation from estimates submitted by the mayor, the chairperson of...
• Section 705.19 - Limitation On Appropriations.
  No money shall be drawn from the treasury of a municipal corporation except in pursuance of appropriations made by the legislative authority, and whenever...
• Section 705.20 - Payment Of Claims - Procedure.
  No warrant for the payment of any claim shall be issued by the auditor until such claim is approved by the head of the...
• Section 705.21 - Investigations By Municipal Corporation - Production Of Testimony.
  The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or any committee thereof authorized by it, may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of...
• Section 705.22 - Annual Report Of Municipal Corporation.
  At the end of each year the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall have an annual report printed, in pamphlet form, giving: (A)...
• Section 705.23 - Municipal Civil Service Commission - Qualifications, Term, And Vacancies Of Members.
  Within ten days after the first officers assume their duties, in any city adopting a plan of government as provided in sections 705.41 to...
• Section 705.24 - Salaries And Duties Of Commission Members.
  The salaries of the members of the municipal civil service commission and of their assistants shall be determined by ordinance. The commission shall enforce...
• Section 705.25 - Disposition Of Fees And Perquisites.
  The salary of an elective officer shall not be changed during the term for which such officer was elected. All fees and perquisites appertaining...
• Section 705.26 - Duties Of Officers And Employees Of A Municipal Corporation.
  The duties of all officers and employees of a municipal corporation shall be those prescribed by sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised...
• Section 705.27 - Bonds.
  The treasurer, auditor, and such other officers or employees of the municipal corporation as the legislative authority directs, shall give a bond to the...
• Section 705.28 - Oath Of Office.
  Every officer of a municipal corporation and every employee holding a position upon an annual salary, before entering upon the duties of his office,...
• Section 705.29 - Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of Abolished Office Or Department.
  The powers which are conferred and the duties which are imposed upon any office or department of a municipal corporation under the laws of...
• Section 705.30 - Abandonment Of Plan - Special Election.
  Any municipal corporation that has operated for five years under any plan provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86 of the Revised Code, may abandon...
• Section 705.31 - Preparation Of Ballots.
  The ballots used in all elections provided for in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be without party marks or...
• Section 705.32 - Determination Of Elected Candidates.
  The candidates at the regular municipal election, equal in number to the places to be filled in each office, who received the highest number...
• Section 705.41 - Commission Plan.
  The form of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.48, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be known as the "commission plan." In municipal...
• Section 705.42 - Election - Term - Vacancies.
  At the first election held after the adoption of the commission plan under sections 705.41 to 705.48, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the entire...
• Section 705.43 - Meetings Of Commission - Legislative And Administrative Sessions.
  The commission shall meet at the regular place for holding such meetings, at ten a.m. on the first day of January after its election,...
• Section 705.44 - Signing Of Ordinances Under Commission Plan.
  Every ordinance or resolution passed by the commission shall be signed by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days,...
• Section 705.45 - Powers Of Commission.
  The powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the Ohio Constitution, and any additional powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the general assembly, shall be...
• Section 705.46 - Administrative Officers Appointed By Commission.
  The commission shall appoint a clerk, treasurer, and auditor. If the commission is the commission of a village, the commission shall also appoint a...
• Section 705.47 - Creation And Discontinuance Of Offices Under Commission Plan.
  Subject to sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the commission may: (A) Create and discontinue departments, offices, and employments; (B) Appoint...
• Section 705.48 - Supervision Of Departments By Commissioners.
  The commission may assign the direction or supervision of particular departments or branches of the government of a municipal corporation to individual commissioners. Such...
• Section 705.51 - City Manager Plan.
  The form of government provided in sections 705.51 to 705.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to be known as the "city manager plan," shall...
• Section 705.52 - Size Of Council - Term Of Councilmen - Vacancies.
  The number of councilmen of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.51 to 705.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be in proportion to...
• Section 705.53 - Meetings Of Council.
  The council of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.51 to 705.60 of the Revised Code shall meet at the usual place for holding...
• Section 705.54 - Signing Of Ordinances Under City Manager Plan.
  Every ordinance or resolution passed by the council shall be signed by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days,...
• Section 705.55 - Powers Exercised By Council.
  The powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the Ohio Constitution and any additional powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the general assembly, shall be...
• Section 705.56 - Administrative Officers Appointed By Council.
  The council shall appoint a clerk, treasurer, and auditor. If the council is created within a village, the council shall also appoint a solicitor....
• Section 705.57 - Creation And Discontinuance Of Offices Under City Manager Plan.
  Subject to sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the council may: (A) Create and discontinue departments, offices, and employments; (B) Appoint...
• Section 705.58 - Appointment And Term Of City Manager - Vacancy.
  The council shall appoint a city manager who shall be the administrative head of the municipal government under the direction and supervision of the...
• Section 705.59 - Duties Of City Manager.
  The city manager shall: (A) See that the laws and ordinances are faithfully executed; (B) Attend all meetings of the council at which his...
• Section 705.60 - Salary - Oath - Bond - Seal.
  The city manager shall receive such salary as is fixed by the council of the municipal corporation. Such part of the salary of the...
• Section 705.71 - Federal Plan - Elective Officers.
  The form of government provided in sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be known as the "federal plan." In municipal...
• Section 705.72 - Council - Number Of Members - Term.
  All legislative power of the municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be vested in a council...
• Section 705.73 - Division Into Wards On Basis Of Population.
  For the first election of members of the council of a municipal corporation after the adoption of the federal plan under sections 705.71 to...
• Section 705.74 - Meetings Of Council - Special Sessions.
  The council shall meet at ten a.m. on the first day of January following a regular municipal election at the usual place for holding...
• Section 705.75 - Mayor's Veto.
  Any ordinance or resolution passed by the council shall be signed by the chairman or two members of council and presented to the mayor....
• Section 705.76 - Creation And Discontinuance Of Offices Under Federal Plan.
  The council of a municipal corporation may create and discontinue departments and offices other than those provided in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of...
• Section 705.77 - Executive Power.
  The executive power of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be vested in the mayor,...
• Section 705.78 - Election Of Mayor - Appointment Of Department Heads.
  The mayor of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86 of the Revised Code, shall be elected at a regular municipal election...
• Section 705.79 - Powers And Duties Of Mayor.
  The mayor of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall: (A) See that the laws and...
• Section 705.80 - Appointment And Removal Of Officers.
  Subject to sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, all officers, clerks, and employees of the several departments of government of a...
• Section 705.81 - Acting Mayor - Order Of Succession.
  If the mayor is temporarily absent from the municipal corporation, or becomes temporarily disabled by sickness, accident, or for any other cause, the heads...
• Section 705.82 - Director Of Public Service - Duties.
  The department of public service shall be under the supervision of a director who shall be appointed by the mayor. Such director shall be...
• Section 705.83 - Director Of Public Safety - Duties.
  The department of public safety shall be under the supervision of a director who shall be appointed by the mayor. The director shall have...
• Section 705.84 - Powers And Duties Of Board Of Control.
  In municipal corporations organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, there shall be a board of control composed of the...
• Section 705.85 - Mayor And Department Heads Shall Have Seats In Council.
  The mayor and the heads of the several departments of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code,...
• Section 705.86 - Powers Under Federal Plan.
  In municipal corporations adopting the federal plan of government under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the powers conferred upon municipal...
• Section 705.91 - Initiative And Referendum Applicable To Each Plan.
  All laws pertaining to the initiative and referendum in municipal corporations shall apply to and become a part of each plan of government provided...
• Section 705.92 - Procedure For Removal Of Elective Officer By Recall.
  Any elective officer of a municipal corporation may be removed from office by the qualified voters of such municipal corporation. The procedure to effect...

Last modified: October 10, 2016