Ohio § 733.261

§ 733.261.

(A) The legislative authority of a village may, by ordinance or resolution passed by

at least a majority vote, combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer into one

office, to be known as the clerk-treasurer.  The combination shall be effective on the first day of January following the next

regular municipal election at which the village clerk is to be elected, provided that

a clerk-treasurer shall be elected at such election pursuant to this section and shall

be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of April following

election.  Between the first day of January and the first day of April following such an election,

the clerk shall perform the duties of clerk-treasurer.  The legislative authority of the village shall file certification of such action

with the board of elections not less than one hundred twenty days before the day of

the next municipal primary election at which the village clerk is to be elected;  provided

that in villages under two thousand population in which no petition for a primary

election was filed pursuant to section 3513.01 of the Revised Code , or in villages in which no primary is held pursuant to section 3513.02 of the Revised Code , such action shall be certified to the board of elections not less than one hundred

twenty days before the next general election at which the village clerk is to be elected. At such succeeding regular municipal election and thereafter, the clerk-treasurer

shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of April following

the clerk-treasurer's election.  The clerk-treasurer shall be an elector of the corporation. (B) In addition to the circumstances described in division (A) of this section, when

a vacancy exists in the office of village treasurer or village clerk the legislative

authority of a village may, by ordinance or resolution passed by at least a majority

vote, combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer into one office, to be known

as the clerk-treasurer.  The combination shall be effective on the effective date of the ordinance or resolution

combining the duties of the offices of clerk and treasurer.  At the next regular municipal election at which the village clerk would have been

elected and each four years thereafter, the clerk-treasurer shall be elected for a

term of four years, commencing on the first day of April following the clerk-treasurer's

election.  The clerk-treasurer shall be an elector of the municipal corporation. (C) The clerk-treasurer shall perform the duties provided by law for the clerk and the

treasurer.  All laws pertaining to the clerk and to the treasurer shall be construed to apply

to the clerk-treasurer, provided that the initial compensation for the office of clerk-treasurer

shall be established by the legislative authority and that action shall not be subject

to section 731.13 of the Revised Code relating to the time when the compensation of village elected officials shall be

fixed and pertaining to changes in compensation of officials during the term of office. (D) The legislative authority of a village having a clerk-treasurer may separate the

offices by ordinance or resolution passed by at least a majority vote.  The action to separate the offices may be taken in either of the following circumstances: (1) When a vacancy exists in the office of clerk-treasurer, in which case the separation

shall be effective upon the effective date of the ordinance or resolution; (2) When the action of the legislative authority is certified to and filed with the board

of elections not less than one hundred twenty days before the day of the next primary

election at which the village clerk and treasurer are to be elected;  provided that

in villages under two thousand population in which no petition for a primary election

was filed pursuant to section 3513.01 of the Revised Code , or in villages in which no primary is held pursuant to section 3513.02 of the Revised Code , such action shall be certified to the board of elections not less than one hundred

twenty days before the next general election at which the village clerk and treasurer

are to be elected.