Story in the Journal about term limits and Council meeting once a month instead of two times-- Dick Slagle from the Charter Committee states " when council is not in session, the citizens are safer". What did you mean by that Mr. slagle? Are you implying that the less Council meets, the less damage they can do to the city? If so, I agree. Due to their ineptness, the less they try to participate in the running of this city, the less damage they do which is a he-- of a note. Allowing Council to call "special meetings" within that month is an issue. What would constitute "special meetings"? Would "special meetings" be those conducted in an open fashion to the public or would "special meetings" be the type of Sunshine Law/closed door meetings now being conducted at your friendly local restaurants as has been talked about on this forum???? When you see 3 or 4 Councilmembers sitting at a table in a local restaurant are they just having a meal and chitchatting or are they composing some "backroom scheme" to hide things from the public? CLEAN HOUSE IN NOVEMBER!!!!!

I was sitting in the "peanut gallery" for most of the Charter Review meeting Monday night.

SECTION 8. ADMINISTRATION.

City Council shall adopt by ordinance an administrative code which shall set forth the organizational structure and assignment of responsibilities of the various departments and divisions in the City service. The organization thus established shall be administered by the City Manager.

Once they adopt that "administrative code", which they have, they have NO OTHER administrative duties except to revise that code, if necessary.

 

Nor does our council (or the law deparment, for that matter) understand the plain, simple English in the Ohio Revised Code:

731.05 Powers of legislative authority.

The powers of the legislative authority of a city shall be legislative only, it shall perform no administrative duties, and it shall neither appoint nor confirm any officer or employee in the city government except those of its own body, unless otherwise provided in Title VII [7] of the Revised Code. All contracts requiring the authority of the legislative authority for their execution shall be entered into and conducted to performance by the board or officers having charge of the matters to which they relate. After the authority to make such contracts has been given and the necessary appropriation made, the legislative authority shall take no further action thereon.

This also makes one wonder how in the world council thinks they can make themselves responsible for the overseeing and admisitration

of the CONSOC contract without violating BOTH the City Charter and the ORC!!!

 

The language is clear!!  Are council and the law department just ignorant, or are they scofflaws...or both???

well--I think that Council needs to meet twice monthly, and if they need more activity, then incorporate the "conversation with Council" into one meeting per month.