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Adena Village Council public meetings are held the second Tuesday, monthly, @ 6:30 p.m. at the Community Building.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADENA MUNICIPAILTY The Mayor is the chief executive of the village. The mayor supervises the administration of the village and presides at council meetings. The mayor may appoint various village officials and is elected for a term of four years. The President Pro-Tempore is a member of village council who is elected to this office at the first January meeting each year to serve as president in the mayor's absence. If the mayor becomes permanently absent from office, the president pro tempore fills that office until a successor can be elected to the unexpired term. The Village Clerk-Treasurer,is a combined office of the village clerk and the treasurer into one office. The clerk is the chief fiscal officer of the village and the clerk for village council. The clerk must be an elector of the village and is elected to a term of four years. Village Council - The legislative authority of a village rests in its council. Most powers and duties of a village council are set forth in Ohio Revised Code Chapters 705, 731 and 733. The council consists of six electors who must reside in the village for one year preceding their election. They may not hold any other public employment or have any interest in any contract with the village. Council members are elected for terms of four years at salaries fixed by the council itself.
The village council must establish a Board of Trustees for Public Affairs made up of three residents whenever the village is involved in a public utility. The elected members elect a president and a clerk. The clerk is not a board member. If a board members moves from the village, the member can no longer continue the term of office and therefore must resign. This BPA executes duties are relative to the utility services, operates the utilities, and manages the sewer system. The village council makes major policy decisions regarding the village utilities and must authorize large expenditures as well as establishing water rates. The administration is under general supervision of its elected members and control of the mayor.
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