Ohio § 733.262

§ 733.262.

(A) In lieu of having the elected office of village clerk and the office of village treasurer,

or the combined elected office of village clerk-treasurer, a village may combine the

duties of the clerk and treasurer into one appointed office, to be known as the village

fiscal officer.  To make this change, the village legislative authority shall pass, by a two-thirds

vote, an ordinance or resolution proposing to make the change effective on the first

day of January following the next regular municipal election at which the village

clerk or village clerk-treasurer is to be elected. So that no election for the office of village clerk or village clerk-treasurer is

held after the passage of the ordinance or resolution, the village legislative authority

shall file a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution with the board of elections

not less than one hundred twenty days before the day of the next succeeding municipal

primary election at which candidates for the office of village clerk or village clerk-treasurer

are to be nominated, or, in villages with a population of under two thousand in which

no petition for a primary election is filed under section 3513.01 of the Revised Code or in villages in which no primary is held under section 3513.02 of the Revised Code , not less than one hundred twenty days before the next succeeding regular municipal

election at which the village clerk or village clerk-treasurer is to be elected. (B) In addition to the circumstances described in division (A) of this section, when

a vacancy exists in the office of village clerk or village clerk-treasurer, the village

legislative authority may pass, by a two-thirds vote, an ordinance or resolution to

combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer into the appointed office of village

fiscal officer.  That change shall take effect on the effective date of the ordinance or resolution. (C) A village fiscal officer appointed under this section shall perform the duties provided

by law for the village clerk and treasurer and any other duties consistent with the

nature of the office that are provided for by municipal ordinance. (D) A village fiscal officer shall be appointed by the mayor of the village, but that

appointment does not become effective until it is approved by a majority vote of the

village legislative authority.  The village fiscal officer need not be an elector of the village or reside in the

village at the time of appointment;  however, the fiscal officer shall become a resident

of the village within six months after the appointment takes effect, unless an ordinance

is passed approving the fiscal officer's residence outside of the village. The village fiscal officer may be removed without cause either by the mayor with the

consent of a majority of the members of the village legislative authority or by a

three-fourths vote of the village legislative authority with or without the consent

of the mayor. (E) The legislative authority of a village that has a village fiscal officer may abolish

that appointed office and return to an elected office of village clerk-treasurer by

passing an ordinance or resolution by a two-thirds vote. If a vacancy exists in the office of village fiscal officer when this ordinance or

resolution is passed, the abolition shall take effect on the effective date of the

ordinance or resolution, and the mayor shall appoint a village clerk-treasurer to

serve until the first day of April following the next regular municipal election at

which a clerk-treasurer can be elected.  So an election can be held, the village legislative authority shall file a certified

copy of the ordinance or resolution with the board of elections not less than one

hundred twenty days before the day of the next succeeding municipal primary election. If a vacancy does not exist in the office of village fiscal officer when the abolishing

ordinance or resolution is passed, the village legislative authority shall certify

a copy of the ordinance or resolution to the board of elections not less than one

hundred twenty days before the day of the next succeeding municipal primary election. The person elected at the next regular municipal election as village clerk-treasurer

under the circumstances described in this division shall serve a four-year term commencing

on the first day of April following that election.