505.481 Joint township police district board. - Ohio Statutes

505.481 Joint township police district board.

The boards of township trustees of any two or more contiguous townships, whether or not within the same county, may, by a two-thirds favorable vote of each such board, form themselves into a joint township police district board, and such townships shall be a part of a joint township police district.

Such joint township police district board shall organize within thirty days after the favorable vote by the last board of trustees joining itself into the joint township police district board. The president of the board of township trustees of the most populous participating township shall give notice of the time and place of organization to each member of the board of township trustees of each participating township. Such notice shall be signed by the president of the board of township trustees of the most populous participating township, and shall be sent by certified mail to each member of the board of township trustees of each participating township, at least five days prior to the organization meeting, which meeting shall be held in one of the participating townships. All members of the boards of township trustees of the participating townships constitute the joint township police district board. Two-thirds of all the township trustees of the participating townships constitutes a quorum. Such members of the boards of township trustees shall, at the organization meeting of the joint township police district board, proceed with the election of a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, and such other officers as they consider necessary and proper, and shall transact such other business as properly comes before the board.

In the formation of such a police district, such action may be taken by or on behalf of part of a township, by excluding that portion of the township lying within a municipal corporation. The joint township police district board may exercise the same powers as are granted to a board of township trustees in the operation of a township police district under sections 505.49 to 505.55 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, the power to employ, train, and discipline personnel, to acquire equipment and buildings, to levy a tax, to issue bonds and notes, and to dissolve the district.

Effective Date: 09-17-1991