Opinions
Opinions
Requested by: Geauga County Prosecuting Attorney
If a township's town hall is located in the same building as office space, and if the township proposes to renovate both the office space and the town meeting hall, R.C. 505.26 prevails over R.C. 511.01 whenever the majority of the cost of the work will be allocated to renovating office space.
Requested by: Allen County Prosecuting Attorney
When a county treasurer-elect resigns prior to the start of the elected term, the person appointed to fill the vacancy will hold office until a successor is elected at the next general election for state and county officers.
Requested by: Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney
A deputy sheriff may not simultaneously serve as a township trustee in a township that contracts with the county sheriff for law enforcement services.
Requested by: Miami Township Law Director
Due to an impermissible conflict of interest, an appointed part-time city prosecutor may not simultaneously maintain a private practice in which he represents criminal defendants for violations of state law in the surrounding jurisdictions of the served municipal corporation.
Requested by: Erie County Prosecuting Attorney
A board of county commissioners has the final-say authority over the recommended road
repair/improvement projects prepared by a county engineer.
Requested by: Clermont County Prosecuting Attorney
The clerk of a county municipal court is not required to accept possession and control of records of mayor's courts relating to inactive cases of a village upon the dissolution of that village.
Requested by: Portage County Prosecuting Attorney
The transfer of money from the county general fund to an "elections revenue fund" is not authorized unless it is approved by a county board of commissioners' resolution.
Requested by: Trumbull County Prosecuting Attorney
Prevailing-wage law does not attach to enterprise-zone agreements under R.C. 5709.631, or community-reinvestment-area agreements under R.C. 3735.671, because neither constitutes a public authority undertaking or contracting for a public improvement pursuant to R.C. 4115.03, et seq.
Requested by: Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney
One who is not a candidate for office may serve simultaneously as village mayor and as deputy director of the board of elections within the same county, provided that he/she abstains from activities relating to ballot issues for the village in which the village mayor serves.
Requested by: Guernsey County Prosecuting Attorney
A county recorder and a county auditor must accept valid deeds for recording or transfer that are presented to their respective offices by shipment through the United States Postal Service.