Opinion

Johnson v. Bexley Civil Service Commission

  • 29 Ohio App. 3d 191
  • 29 Ohio B. 221
  • 504 N.E.2d 485
  • 1985 Ohio App. LEXIS 10401
Court
Ohio Court of Appeals
Filed
Dec 5, 1985
Status
Published
Author
Whiteside
On the bench
Moyer, Reilly, Whiteside
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 42.8%

The opinion

Whiteside, J.,

concurring. Although I concur in the opinion and judgment, some additional observations are pertinent.

First, the effect of the Bexley ordinance attempting to limit jurisdiction of the Bexley Civil Service Commission does not constitute an exercise of home-rule powers but, instead, an attempt to regulate civil service remedies of school district employees, a subject upon which the Bexley City Council has no power to legislate. The underlying issue, not

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raised by the parties, is whether the General Assembly may require a city to provide civil service commission services to a city school district. .

However, R.C. 124.40 specifically provides that the civil service function for a city school district shall be provided by the municipal civil service commission. If the present Bexley Civil Service Commission is not required to provide that service, it would be necessary that two Bexley Civil Service Commissions be appointed — one pursuant to the Bexley Charter and one pursuant to R.C. 124.40, to be appointed by the State Personnel Board of Review if the mayor fails to do so. There is nothing in the Bexley Charter called to the attention of this court which contemplates that two commissions be appointed. Moreover, it has been held that the General Assembly may impose state duties upon a city officer. See

State, ex rel. Dollison,

v.

Reddy

(1978), 55 Ohio St. 2d 59 [ 9 O.O.3d 67 ], and

State, ex rel. Leis,

v.

Panioto

(1982), 1 Ohio St. 3d 10 . In addition, R.C. 124.54 contemplates that the board of education may pay the city for the service.

Second, no charter provision authorizing the Bexley City Council to pass the ordinance in question has been cited. Section 55 of the Bexley Charter makes state law applicable if not in conflict with the charter or “ordinances of Council passed thereunder.” For a conflict to exist, the ordinance must be one that council is authorized by the charter to adopt. There is no contention that the Bexley Charter authorized council to adopt an ordinance to limit the jurisdiction of the civil service commission over school district employees, even if the charter could properly so provide.

Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the opinion of the court and the additional reasons stated herein, I concur in the opinion and judgment.

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