. (A) The board of township trustees of any township may, by resolution adopted by two-thirds of the members of the board, create a township police district comprised of all or a portion of the unincorporated territory of the township as the resolution may specify. (B) If a junk motor vehicle is located on public property, the board of township trustees may provide in the resolution for the immediate removal of the vehicle. The board may appoint one or more deputy fire prevention officers who shall exercise the duties assigned by the fire prevention officer. (C)(1) The board of township trustees may create a building department and employ personnel it determines necessary to administer and enforce any local residential building regulations or existing structures code the board adopts pursuant to this section. Notes may bear interest not to exceed the rate determined as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, and shall not be subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. (D) The board of township trustees may cause the removal or may employ the labor, materials, and equipment necessary to remove a junk motor vehicle under this section. In case of removal or suspension of an appointee by the board of township trustees of a township police district or the joint police district board, that appointee may appeal the decision of either board to the court of common pleas of the county in which the district is situated to determine the sufficiency of the cause of removal or suspension. As used in this section, "Chautauqua assembly" has the same meaning as in section 4511.90 of the Revised Code. One should consult legal counsel to address matters impacting your township. (A) A board of township trustees may provide for the abatement, control, or removal of vegetation, garbage, refuse, and other debris from land in the township, if the board determines that the owner's maintenance of that vegetation, garbage, refuse, or other debris constitutes a nuisance. (D) A board of township trustees may enter into an installment payment contract for the purchase and installation of energy conservation measures. A board of township trustees of any township that contains a local school district in which is located a tax exempt, state-owned lodge, may, by resolution, use the proceeds of the tax imposed under section 505.56 of the Revised Code for the benefit of such district if the board determines and states in such resolution that the existence of such lodge creates a serious financial burden on such district. (2) Notwithstanding section 4513.63 of the Revised Code, if a junk motor vehicle is removed and disposed of in accordance with this section, the clerk of courts of the county shall issue a salvage certificate of title for that junk motor vehicle to a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed pursuant to Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code or a scrap metal processing facility licensed pursuant to sections 4737.05 to 4737.12 of the Revised Code if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The board of township trustees has entered into a contract with the motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility for the disposal or removal of the junk motor vehicle in accordance with section 505.85 of the Revised Code. As part of the Official Roster of Ohio Officers, the Secretary of State's office provides access to mailing data for local officials. Such employees shall continue in office until removed as provided by sections 733.35 to 733.39 of the Revised Code. Ohio law also allows that, in addition to this penalty, anyone who violates the law can be subject . "For . (2) "Nonproductive land" means nonproductive land as defined in section 5722.01 of the Revised Code that has been acquired by a township pursuant to Chapter 5722. of the Revised Code. It provides for orderly growth by protecting homes and property from harmful use on neighboring properties. The sheriff shall not send a bill pursuant to this division if a bill has already been sent pursuant to division (A) of this section for the same false alarm. Such sale must be by public auction and upon notice thereof being published once a week for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in such township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. Brush Removal: The Township picks up brush each month, March - September. While the system of preferences is in effect, no township officer or employee with the responsibility for doing so shall award a contract to which the system applies in violation of the preference system. These include anti-discrimination provisions and the Americans with Disabilities Act, among others. A board of township trustees may agree to appropriate township general revenue fund moneys to, and may agree to grant or lend moneys from the township general revenue fund to, any political subdivision with authority to provide water, sanitary sewerage, or storm water drainage within the township, for the purpose of providing moneys to the political subdivision to pay for the planning of or actual costs, fees, debt retirement, or any other expense, including, but not limited to, administrative and professional fees, incurred in supplying one or more of these purposes within the township, or the planning of or actual construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of water, sanitary sewerage, or storm water drainage within the township. Once viewed as a temporary government, townships today are key players in Ohios governmental system. A board of township trustees may remove snow from public school property, or other public property, at the request of the board of education of a city, exempted village, local school district, legislative authority, or governing body. The clerk shall deposit the bond with the presiding officer of the board, who shall file a copy of it, certified by the presiding officer, with the county auditor of the county containing the most territory in the district. The Ohio Township Association has more than 5,000 active members, made up of trustees and fiscal officers from Ohio's 1,308 townships, and more than 3,000 associate members. (B) The board of township trustees of a township which is composed in whole or in part of islands may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, lease, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, real or personal property to establish, construct, enlarge, improve, equip, maintain, and operate airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities, and may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation proceedings rights-of-way for connections with highways and waterways. The money so raised shall be paid over to the township fiscal officer, and the fiscal officer shall pay it out on the order of the board, certified by the fiscal officer. Legal. The board may prohibit selling, giving away, or using any intoxicating liquors in the township park, and may pass bylaws and adopt rules for the government of the park and provide for their enforcement by fines and penalties. The board of township trustees may acquire, maintain, and operate equipment and facilities for the collection and disposal of tree leaves. These meeting are open to the Public. (2) Pursuant to the adoption of a snow-emergency authorization under this section, an order declaring a snow emergency becomes effective two hours after the president of the board or the other person specified in the general snow-emergency authorization makes an announcement of a snow emergency to the local news media. Ohio law permits townships to provide fire protection directly or by contract with townships, municipalities and other jurisdictions. (A)(1) Boards of township trustees, either severally or jointly, may provide, maintain, and operate facilities for the collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal of solid wastes or may enter into written contracts with the proper municipal or county authorities or with independent contractors for such services for the township or for a waste disposal district as provided in section 505.28 of the Revised Code. House Bill 652, enacted in 1998, designated Feb. 1 as Ohio Township Day. We are a progressive community of approximately 13,000 residents with a strong, core group of large and small businesses with room to grow. In general, townships do not possess broad police powers or the ability to provide for public health. to make sure the trustee is doing their job. Fiscal Officer Hocking County - Washington Township (740)385-5770. German Township has about 36 square miles of land with a population of approximately 3,000. If the county auditor so certifies, in every year of the debt after the first year, the county budget commission shall include a debt charge in the township's annual tax budget submitted pursuant to sections 5705.01 to 5705.47 of the Revised Code sufficient to meet the annual debt incurred pursuant to division (A) of this section, if the debt charge is omitted from the budget. The chief of police of the district shall be the executive head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the board of township trustees by resolution or joint police district board, as appropriate, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking enforcement unit. The board of township trustees may create a waste disposal district under sections 505.27 to 505.33 of the Revised Code, by a unanimous vote of the board and give notice thereof by a publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the township. Townships collect less than 6 percent of local property taxes in Ohio. When there is reason to believe there is collusion or combination among bidders, the bids of those concerned shall be rejected. The agreement shall be ratified by the adoption of a joint resolution by a majority of the members of each board of township trustees involved and a majority of the members of the legislative authority of each municipal corporation involved. If a person fails to provide the information necessary to complete the form or fails to provide impressions of the person's fingerprints, the appointing authority shall not appoint or employ the person as a permanent, full-time paid firefighter or a volunteer firefighter. The securities shall be offered for sale on the open market or may be given to the vendor or contractor if no sale is made on the open market. The 2000 census found 7,336 people in the township, 7,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. . The township administrator typically helps plan, coordinate, and implement township goals. Concord Township ohio includes . Please click here to read the OTA's Social Media Comments Policy. The written charges shall set forth in detail a statement of the alleged guilt and, at the same time, or as soon thereafter as possible, serve a true copy of those charges upon the person against whom they are made. Semiannual reports on the use of the expenditures shall be made to the board of trustees by the chief officer implementing the joint agreement, or the chief officer or board of directors of the private, nonprofit organizations. Township Trustees must be physically present to conduct business. (5) When a township has title to real property, the board of township trustees, by resolution, may authorize the transfer and conveyance of that property to any other political subdivision of the state upon such terms as are agreed to between the board and the legislative authority of that political subdivision. Therefore, the Ohio Trust Code (Section 5807.06 (B) ) only permits the removal of a trustee by a court if the trustee has committed a serious breach of trust; if there are co-trustees who cannot cooperate to administer the trust; or if the trustee is unfit or unwilling to administer the trust effectively, or has failed to do so. 2085, 26 U.S.C. Whether you are a first-time trustee or have years under your belt, be sure to frequent this page for dates for upcoming webinars. Except as provided in section 505.441 of the Revised Code, charges collected under this section shall be kept in a separate fund designated as "the fire and rescue services, ambulance services, and emergency medical services fund," and shall be appropriated and administered by the board. A township park district may also be established in a township. The board may expend funds from the township general fund, or revenue derived from property taxes levied for parks and recreational purposes, for the public purpose of presenting community events that are open to the public in a township park. (A) If a program grant is awarded for an eligible project under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees in which the project is situated, by resolution, may levy a special assessment upon residential property within the township for the purpose of providing a contribution from the township towards the broadband funding gap for the eligible project. If such chief of police, patrol officer, or other peace officer files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken, or, if no timely appeal is filed, the board shall terminate the appointment or employment of that chief of police, patrol officer, or other peace officer. (D) The compliance officer, if applicable, and the board at least once every six months shall review the number of cards and accounts issued, the number of active cards and accounts issued, the cards' and accounts' expiration dates, and the cards' and accounts' credit limits. (C)(1) If the board of trustees, in a resolution adopted under this section, pursues action to remove any insecure, unsafe, or structurally defective building or other structure, the notice shall include a statement informing the parties in interest that each party in interest is entitled to a hearing if the party in interest requests a hearing in writing within twenty days after the notice was mailed. The service charges shall constitute a lien upon the property. The board shall establish just and equitable service charges for the removal to be paid, except as provided in division (B) of this section, by the owners of the road or bank. The filing fee for candidates is $30. In case of the removal of an employee of the district, an appeal may be had from the decision of the board to the court of common pleas of the county in which such district, or part of it, is situated, to determine the sufficiency of the cause of removal. A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution prohibiting in the unincorporated area of the township boxing matches or exhibitions to which sections 3773.31 to 3773.58 of the Revised Code apply. (A)(1) A board of township trustees shall not adopt an existing structures code pursuant to section 505.73 of the Revised Code in any county in which the board of county commissioners has adopted an existing structures code pursuant to section 303.37 of the Revised Code. Both boards shall adopt a joint resolution ratifying the agreement and setting a date on which the fire and ambulance district shall come into being. The advertisement shall include the time, date, and place where the clerk of the township, or the clerk's designee, will read bids publicly. The costs are a lien upon the land from and after the date of entry. (E)(1) Not later than thirty days after the initial written notification is received by the board, the board shall submit to the person its recommendations, if any, concerning the improvements that will be needed as a result of the facility and the cost of those improvements. The governing body of the joint police district shall be a joint police district board, which shall include either all of the township trustees of each township and all of the members of the legislative authority of each municipal corporation in the district, as agreed to and established in the joint resolution creating the joint police district; or an odd number of members as agreed to and established in the joint resolution, as long as the members are representatives from each board of township trustees of each township and from the legislative authority of each municipal corporation in the joint police district. A district so created shall be given a name different from the name of any participating township or municipal corporation. ), public records, land use planning, blight elimination, cable and other franchise management, community centers, building code enforcement, off-road vehicle regulation, streetlighting, public information, and youth programs. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 505.17 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees may adopt regulations and orders that are necessary to control noise within the unincorporated territory of the township that is generated at any premises to which a D permit has been issued by the division of liquor control or that is generated within any areas zoned for residential use. Tate Township Planning & Zoning. The powers and duties of such person shall be prescribed by the board, and shall be such as are prescribed for harbor masters in municipal corporations in so far as they are applicable. Additional unincorporated territory of the township may be added to a fire district upon the board's adoption of a resolution authorizing the addition. (C) A township desiring to implement energy conservation measures may proceed under either of the following methods: (1) Using a report or any part of a report prepared under division (B) of this section, advertise for bids and comply with the bidding procedures set forth in sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code; (2) Request proposals from at least three vendors for the implementation of energy conservation measures. (d) The motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility presents one copy of the affidavit to the clerk. (B) Except as otherwise provided in section 505.481 of the Revised Code, the territorial limits of a township police district may be altered by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the board of township trustees. Section 505.40 of the Revised Code does not apply to any securities issued, or any lease with an option to purchase entered into, in accordance with this division. (2)(a) The board of township trustees or joint police district board shall terminate the appointment or employment of a chief of police, patrol officer, or other peace officer of a township police district, township police department, or joint police district who does either of the following: (ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the chief of police, patrol officer, or other peace officer of a township police district, township police department, or joint police district agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to that chief of police, patrol officer, or other peace officer under section 109.77 of the Revised Code. An officer, employee, or appointee of a township or a public servant as defined under section 2921.01 of the Revised Code who knowingly misuses a credit card account held by the board violates section 2913.21 of the Revised Code. No transient vendor shall fail to register or to comply with regulations established by a board of township trustees under this division. The notice shall state that the township intends to request proposals for the installation of energy conservation measures; indicate the date, which shall be at least ten days after the second publication, on which the request for proposals will be mailed to installers of energy conservation measures; and state that any installer of energy conservation measures interested in receiving the request for proposal shall submit written notice to the township not later than noon of the day on which the request for proposal will be mailed. If the bid for work embraces both labor and material, it shall be separately stated, with the price of the labor and the material. The original bond or new bond shall be deposited with the township fiscal officer and recorded by the fiscal officer. Those appointees shall continue in office until removed from office as provided by sections 733.35 to 733.39 of the Revised Code. If the board posts the notice on its web site, it may eliminate the second notice otherwise required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the township, provided that the first notice published in such newspaper meets all of the following requirements: (1) It is published at least two weeks before the internet auction begins. 919, 31 U.S.C.A. The case recently resulted in a judgment of over $56,000 against the board of trustees of Jackson Township in Montgomery County, including an unusual finding of personal liability against each trustee. Heidi Fought, executive director of the Ohio Township Association, said that there have been other attempts by the Ohio Legislature to change township makeup. (6) When a township has title to real property and the board of township trustees wishes to sell or otherwise transfer the property, the board, upon a unanimous vote of its members and by resolution, may authorize the transfer and conveyance of that real property to any person upon whatever terms are agreed to between the board and that person. The board may expend moneys from the fund only for the purposes for which the assessments were levied. When the township has property, including motor vehicles, road machinery, equipment, and tools, that the board, by resolution, finds is not needed for public use, is obsolete, or is unfit for the use for which it was acquired, the board may sell and convey that property or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with this section. (D) The fire chief shall pay to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 109.578 of the Revised Code for each criminal records check conducted in accordance with that section. Meeting Times. The board also shall provide for the appointment of a fiscal officer for the district and may enter into agreements with volunteer fire companies for the use and operation of fire-fighting equipment. Home | Trustees. [4] On or after the first day of January of the year following the adoption of the resolution or ordinance of withdrawal, the township or municipal corporation withdrawing ceases to be a part of the district, and the power of the district to levy a tax upon the taxable property in the withdrawing township or municipal corporation terminates, except that the district shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of indebtedness within the territory of the district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred. Townships have not only survived the test of time - they have thrived. 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