58-74 Submit to electorate - removal of T. McBride Ward 1 Councilman

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ORDINANCE NO. 58-74 BY: Messrs. Brockman, Graber, Piagnotto, Sinagra, Usher AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to provide for the submission to the electorate the question of the removal from office of Thomas O. McBride, Councilman of Ward 1 of the City of Lakewo6d. WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XII, Section 6 of the Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, the Clerk of this Council has submitted to Council a recall petition demanding that the question of the removal of Thomas O. McBride, Councilm of Ward 1, be submitted to the electors, together with her certificate that said recall petition has been signed by qualified electors equal in number to at least tWenty-five percent (25%) of the total valid ballots cast at the last preceding general municipal election for the office of Councilman of Ward 1 of the City of Lakewood, and WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XII, Section 6 of the Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, Council shall, in the event the official whose removal is sought does not resign within five(5) days after said official has received notice of the sufficiency, of the recall petition, order and fix a day for holding a recall election, and WHEREAS, Thomas O. McBride has not resigned from his office of Councilma of Ward 1 within five (5) days of receiving such notice as aforesaid, and WHEREAS, such election shall be held not less than thirty (30)'nor more than forty (40) days after the day the petition has been presented to the Clerk, to wit, June 24, 1974; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the question of the removal from office of Thomas O. McBride as Councilman of Ward 1 of the City of Lakewood be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of Ward I of the City of Lakewood at a special election to be held on Tuesday, the 30th day of July, 1974 at the regular places of voting in the City, between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Section 2. That the ballots for said recall election shall be submitte~ by the question: "Shall Thomas O. McBride be removed from the office of Councilm~ of Ward 1 of the City of Lakewood by recall?" Immediately following such questio~ there shall be printed on the ballots the two propositions in the order set forth "For the recall of Thomas O. McBride" and "Against the recall of Thomas O. McBrid4 Immediately to the left of the propositions there shall be placed a square in whi, the electors, by marking a cross (X) mark, may vote for either of such propositiol Section 3o That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby directed to certify a copy of this Ordinance~to the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County, Oh Section 4. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives th affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members~d to Counc~,/~t shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its a~%tio~ and~a~r~v~/by the Mayor. Approved~~~.~ ~ /fT~ Mayor