Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 3357:3-1-01 | Membership, duties and powers of the board of trustees.

                                                

(A) Qualifications - appointees of the
board of trustees shall be qualified electors residing in the Central Ohio
technical college district. By charter granted by the Ohio board of regents,
the legal district of the college consists of the contiguous counties of
Licking, Knox and Coshocton.

(B) Term of office - the term of office
shall be three years.

(C) Number and manner of appointment -
the board shall consist of nine members. Three trustees shall be appointed by
the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Six trustees shall be
appointed by a joint caucus by the county, city and exempted village boards of
education of the school districts whose territories are embraced in the
technical college district. Prior to the appointment of the trustees, the
president of the board of education of the city school district having the
largest pupil enrollment shall call a caucus of the board of education of the
foregoing boards of education at a time and place designated by such president.
At such caucus the board members shall select by majority vote of the attending
members to fill all vacancies in the board of trustees, whether caused by
resignation, death, or otherwise, are to be filled by the authority who made
the original appointment. The secretary of the board shall be charged with the
responsibility of maintaining such records and the giving of such notices to
the appointing authority as will properly insure the timely appointment of the
term thereof. In the case of the normal expiration of terms of office, ninety
days written notice shall be given by the secretary of the board to the
appointing authority. In all other cases notice shall be given as soon as the
office of the trustee becomes vacant. Authority making initial and vacancy
appointments shall be those described by division (B) of section 3357.05 of the
Revised Code.

(D) Date of appointment and expiration -
based upon the date of original appointments, new appointments become effective
on October first, unless otherwise indicated by the appointing authority.
Likewise, terms expire on September thirtieth, or on a later date if so
indicated by the appointing authority. Any trustee shall continue subsequent to
the expiration date of his term until his successor takes office, or until a
period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.

(E) Oath of office - each member of the
board of trustees, before entering upon his/her official duties, shall take and
subscribe to an oath that he/she will honestly, faithfully and impartially
perform the duties of office.

(F) Duties and powers of the board - in
accordance with the Chapter 3357. of the Revised Code (technical colleges), the
fiduciary board of trustees of the Central Ohio technical college district is
the governing board of the college. It is charged by the Ohio Revised Code with
responsibility for establishing the rules which are necessary to operate
Central Ohio technical college.

(G) In accordance with division (A)
section 3.17 of the Revised Code, any member of the board of trustees of an
institution of higher education who fails to attend at least three-fifths of
the regular and special meetings held by that board of trustees during any
two-year period forfeits his position on that board of trustees.

(H) Authority of members - no member of
the board of trustees shall have power to act in the name of the board of
trustees outside regular or special board meetings unless so directed by the
board of trustees.

(I) Compensation - the trustees shall
serve without compensation, but may be paid for their necessary expenses when
engaged in the business of the board and authorized by the board of
trustees.

(J) Conflict of interest - when any
purchase of goods and or services by the college is made which normally
requires board approval which is from a source which any member of the board of
trustees is an officer, director, employee, owner or has any significant
connection therewith, that purchase shall be separately noted by the treasurer
and voted on separately so that the trustee has the opportunity to abstain from
voting on the purchase. Members of the board of trustees shall make every
effort to avoid situations where participation by the board member would create
an appearance of conflict.

(K) Ohio Ethics Code - all members of the
board of trustees shall comply with the provisions of the Ohio Ethics Code, to
include participating in annual instruction on Ohio's ethics laws and
filing annual individual financial disclosure statements.

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