Fenton v. Enaharo

The issue presented by the within appeal is whether the court of appeals correctly concluded that “* * * the Columbus Charter is silent on the subject of layoff, so that appointing authorities in the city of Columbus may lay off employees under appropriate circumstances but that, by virture of Sections 1 and 232 of the Columbus City Charter, appropriate provisions of the Revised Code are applicable to such layoffs, including R.C. 124.03(A) and 124.40(A).”

Section 3, Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution empowers municipalities to enact requirements for employees which differ from those set…