To keep pace with the demands of changing times, the functions, duties, and obligations of the township have changed over the years. Assessments shall be levied by one of the following methods, at the discretion of the board: (1) By a percentage of the taxable value of the property assessed; (2) In proportion to the benefits that may result from maintenance or improvement of waterways in the township. This notice shall be mailed to the owner and the lessee, if any, of the building in which the system is installed. The resolution shall include a description of how the auctions will be conducted and shall specify the number of days for bidding on the property, which shall be no less than ten days, including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. (C)(1) If a junk motor vehicle is located on private property, the board of township trustees may provide in the resolution for the removal of the vehicle not sooner than fourteen days after the board serves written notice of its intention to remove or cause the removal of the vehicle on the owner of the land and any holders of liens of record on the land. (ii) It includes a statement that the notice is posted on the board's internet web site. The costs are a lien upon the land from and after the date of entry. The time, date, and place of bid openings may be extended to a later date by the board of trustees of the district, provided that written or oral notice of the change shall be given to all persons who have received or requested specifications no later than ninety-six hours prior to the original time and date fixed for the opening. Such board of education, legislative authority, or governing body may reimburse the township for the cost of labor and materials utilized for any such maintenance at a fee mutually agreed upon by the board of education, legislative authority, or governing body and the board of township trustees. The auditor then shall place the charges on the tax duplicate for the ensuing December installment of taxes, for collection. (2) The board of township trustees shall appoint a township administrator before the adoption of a resolution under division (A)(1) of section 504.01 of the Revised Code directing the board of elections to submit to the electors of the unincorporated territory of the township the question of whether the township should adopt a limited home rule government. All costs incurred in removing or causing the removal of a junk motor vehicle, when approved by the board, shall be paid out of the township general fund from moneys not otherwise appropriated, except that if the costs exceed five hundred dollars, the board may borrow moneys from a financial institution to pay the costs in whole or in part. (b) If a joint fire district created under section 505.371 of the Revised Code or a joint ambulance district created under section 505.71 of the Revised Code is dissolved to facilitate the creation of a fire and ambulance district under division (A)(1)(a) of this section, the townships and municipal corporations forming the fire and ambulance district may transfer to the fire and ambulance district any of the funds on hand, moneys and taxes in the process of collection, credits, and real and personal property apportioned to them under division (D) of section 505.371 of the Revised Code or section 505.71 of the Revised Code, as applicable, for use by the fire and ambulance district in accordance with this section. The contract may provide for compensation upon such terms as the parties may agree. A board of trustees of a joint ambulance district may establish reasonable charges for the use of ambulance or emergency medical services. The question of levying such tax shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the township at a general election. Within thirty days after the notice is delivered to the board of education, the board of education shall adopt a resolution approving or disapproving the proposed credit and shall certify a copy of the resolution to the board of township trustees. The board shall retain a copy of the statement for its records. All trustees and the fiscal officer were present for the meeting. A similar notice also shall be posted continually in the board's office. (F) The use of a credit card account for expenses beyond those authorized by the board constitutes misuse of a credit card account. An agreement entered into under this section shall include provisions governing all of the following: (A) The sharing and use of facilities, equipment, and materials necessary for road maintenance, repair, and improvement; (B) The use of township and municipal employees for purposes of the agreement; (C) The payment of costs associated with the maintenance, repair, and improvement of roads conducted under the agreement; (D) Any other matter determined to be necessary for purposes of implementing and executing the agreement. In all such cases, witnesses shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities as are allowed witnesses in civil cases. Fines collected under that division shall be paid into the waste collection fund established under division (A) of section 505.31 of the Revised Code. The OTA provides trainings in multiple formats throughout the year, offering educational opportunities for township officials and staff. Each district shall be given a name, and the entire cost of any necessary equipment and labor shall be apportioned against each district by the respective boards. In May 2007, the Trustees were awarded $221,787 from the Ohio Public Works Commission to purchase an additional forty-six acres of Meadowbrook property. Such notice shall state specifically the amount to be raised and the purpose thereof. (4) A party in interest who requested and participated in a hearing, and who is adversely affected by the order of the board, may appeal the order under section 2506.01 of the Revised Code. All costs incurred, when approved by the board, shall be paid out of the township general fund from moneys not otherwise appropriated, except that if the costs incurred exceed five hundred dollars, the board may borrow moneys from a financial institution to pay for the costs in whole or in part. Etna Township is an attractive community with a rural atmosphere and a growing number of friendly neighborhoods and successful business developments. The nominating petitions must be signed by 25 township residents and filed with the county board of elections at least 90days before the general election. (614) 877-4375. Any person who engages in coal mining and reclamation operations, as defined in division (B) of section 1513.01 of the Revised Code, or surface mining, as defined in division (A) of section 1514.01 of the Revised Code, is exempt from any regulation or order adopted under division (B) of this section if the noise is attributed to coal mining and reclamation or surface mining activities. The board shall certify the amount to be levied upon each affected property to the county auditor, who shall enter the amount on the tax duplicate for collection by the county treasurer in equal semiannual installments in the same manner and at the same times as the collection of taxes on real property. As used in this section, "hotel" and "transient guests" have the same meaning as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. (D) A board of township trustees or its designated agent may order into storage any vehicle parked in violation of a township parking regulation or order, if the violation is not one that is required to be handled pursuant to Chapter 4521. of the Revised Code. The costs shall be returned to the township and placed in the township's general fund. (B) Any resident of the township may enroll a motor vehicle that the resident owns in the program by signing a consent form, displaying the decal issued under this section, and paying the prescribed fee. Such notice shall state specifically the amount to be raised and the purpose thereof. . (E) The board of township trustees or the joint police district board may enter into a contract under section 505.43 or 505.50 of the Revised Code to obtain all police protection for the township police district or joint police district from one or more municipal corporations, county sheriffs, or other townships. Township officials are elected on a nonpartisan ballot in the November general election, in odd-numbered years. In levying an assessment by the method described in division (B)(2) of this section, the board may consider the number of boats or other watercraft capable of being docked or stored or otherwise capable of using the facility upon which the assessment is levied, or any other factor that is reasonably related to the benefits directly or indirectly derived from maintenance or improvement of waterways. He has 24 years of service with the agency. PRESENT: Rick Hernandez, William Coletta and Fred Hanley. They attend township board meetings. Before entering upon official duties, the clerk shall execute a bond, in the amount and with surety to be approved by the board, payable to the state, and conditioned for the faithful performance of all official duties required of the clerk. The court involved in a civil action referred to in this division may award to the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees limited to the work reasonably performed. Written By Steve Sievers. The maximum maturity of the securities shall be as provided in division (B)(7)(g) of section 133.20 of the Revised Code. Any consideration received from the lease shall be payable, as prescribed in the lease, to the township fiscal officer, who shall give a receipt for the amount received and deposit it in the township general fund. The administrator shall be the administrative head of the township under the direction and supervision of the board and shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. Return of the service shall be made to the board in the same manner that is provided for the return of the service of summons in a civil action. Tate Township Planning & Zoning. 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. 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. Public records requirements are set forth in section 149.43. 125, and under the sections listed in division (B) of this section, if the employee authorizes in writing that the township fiscal officer may deduct that amount from the employee's salary or wages, and the benefit is offered to the employee on a group basis and at least ten per cent of the township employees voluntarily elect to participate in the receipt of that benefit. We hope you enjoy seeing all of the information regarding our Township. He shall receive such compensation, not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars each year, as the board designates, which sum shall be paid from the township treasury on the order of the board. If the person agrees with the recommendations, they shall be considered to be the board's final recommendations. (C) As used in this section, "commercial establishment" has the same meaning as in section 505.391 of the Revised Code. BZA-2022-11-21 . Upon the withdrawal of any township or municipal corporation from a joint fire district created under this section, the county auditor shall ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand, including funds in the ambulance and emergency medical services fund, moneys and taxes in the process of collection, except for taxes levied for the payment of indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property, either in money or in kind, on the basis of the valuation of the respective tax duplicates of the withdrawing municipal corporation or township and the remaining territory of the joint fire district. There are a number of other titles and statutes in the Ohio Revised Code that townships frequently encounter. If the township police district imposes a tax, any territory proposed for addition to the district shall become part of the district only after all of the following have occurred: (1) Adoption by two-thirds vote of the board of township trustees of a resolution approving the expansion of the territorial limits of the district; (2) Adoption by a two-thirds vote of the board of township trustees of a resolution recommending the extension of the tax to the additional territory; (3) The board requests and obtains from the county auditor the information required for a tax levy under section 5705.03 of the Revised Code, in the same manner required under that section, except that the levy's annual collections shall be estimated assuming that the additional territory has been added to the township police district. 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. (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.
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