Ohio Code § 1710.07

§ 1710.07.

The cost of any public improvements or public services plan of a special improvement

district may include, but is not limited to, the following: (A) The cost of creating and operating the district under this chapter, including creating

and operating a nonprofit organization organized under this chapter, hiring employees

and professional services, contracting for insurance, and purchasing or leasing office

space or office equipment; (B) The cost of planning, designing, and implementing the public improvements or public

services plan, including payment of architectural, engineering, legal, appraisal,

insurance, consulting, energy auditing, and planning fees and expenses, and, for public

services, the management, protection, and maintenance costs of public or private facilities; (C) Any court costs incurred by the district in implementing the public improvements

or public services plan; (D) Any damages resulting from implementing the public improvements or public services

plan; (E) The costs of issuing, paying interest on, and redeeming notes and bonds issued for

funding the public improvements or public services plan;  and (F) The costs associated with the sale, lease, lease with an option to purchase, conveyance

of other interests in, or other contracts for the acquisition, construction, maintenance,

repair, furnishing, equipping, operation, or improvement of any special energy improvement

project by the district, between a participating political subdivision and the special

improvement district, or between the special improvement district and any owner of

real property in the special improvement district on which a special energy improvement

project has been acquired, installed, equipped, or improved.