2017 Opinions

2017-005

Requested by: Morrow County Prosecuting Attorney
Approval of an R.C. 503.07 petition to erect a new township does not result in the surrender of a village’s corporate powers.

2017-004

Requested by: Brown County Prosecuting Attorney
Compatibility: Secret service officer appointed by the prosecuting attorney of Brown County may not serve at the same time as an investigator appointed by the coroner of Brown County.

2017-003

Requested by: Perry County Prosecuting Attorney
Board of education may establish and pay for an early childhood reading program for pre-school age children who reside in the school district.

2017-002

Requested by: Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney
Authority of board of county commissioners under R.C. 307.691 to donate public moneys to Clinton County Foundation, Inc.

2017-001

Requested by: Trumbull County Prosecuting Attorney
Various undertakings a county, townships, and municipal corporations may do with or for a regional council of governments to enable the council to demolish neglected and abandoned buildings and remediate other nuisance properties.