For the purpose of enforcing the zoning regulations, the board of township trustees may provide for a system of zoning certificates, and for this purpose may establish and fill the position of township zoning inspector, together with such assistants as the board deems necessary, fix the compensation for such positions, and make disbursements for them. The township clerk may be appointed secretary of the township zoning commission, secretary of the township board of zoning appeals, and zoning inspector, and he may receive compensation for such services in addition to other compensation allowed by law.
R.C. § 519.16