2025 Ohio Revised Code
Title 3 | Counties
Chapter 325 | Compensation
Section 325.14 | Salary of County Engineer.

Universal Citation:
OH Rev Code § 325.14 (2025)
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Effective: April 3, 2025

Latest Legislation: House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly

(A) Each county engineer shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All county engineers shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedule and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:

CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE

FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 FOR COUNTY ENGINEERS

ClassPopulation RangeCompensation
11 - 55,000$103,749
255,001 - 95,000109,607
395,001 - 200,000115,707
4200,001 - 400,000120,589
5400,001 - 1,000,000126,693
61,000,001 or more130,493

Such salary may be paid monthly out of the general county fund or out of the county's share of the fund derived from the receipts from motor vehicle licenses, as distributed by section 4501.04 of the Revised Code, and the county's share of the fund derived from the motor vehicle fuel tax, as distributed by section 5735.27 of the Revised Code, as the board of county commissioners directs, upon the warrant of the county auditor and shall be in lieu of all fees, costs, per diem or other allowances, and other perquisites, of whatever kind, which any engineer collects and receives. The engineer shall be the county tax map draftperson, but shall receive no additional compensation for performing the duties of that position. When the engineer performs service in connection with ditches or drainage works, the engineer shall charge and collect the per diem allowances or other fees provided by law and shall pay all of those allowances and fees, monthly, into the county treasury to the credit of the general county fund. The engineer shall pay into the county treasury all allowances and fees collected when the engineer performs services under sections 315.28 to 315.34 of the Revised Code.

(B) A county engineer may elect to engage or not to engage in the private practice of engineering or surveying. A county engineer, including an acting county engineer described in section 305.021 of the Revised Code, shall not perform any private engineering or surveying work that would go before the office of the county engineer of any county in which the person serves as the county engineer or acting county engineer.

Last updated March 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM

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