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OR~INA~C~ NO. 62-85 Brown, Ch~nnock; Gatl.ag~er~ Graham, ~cBride, Salmon, ¥1endling AN EHERGENC¥ ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the electors of the City of s proposed mend~ent to the A~ended Charter of the City of L~kewood to require the Civil Semite C~ission to submit rec~ended salaries and other c~ensation for the offices of members of Council, President of Council and Vice President of Council for the next ensuinS te~ of office, ~ich reco~endations are adv~so~ only. I/HEREAS, pursuant to the A~mnded Charter of the City ~nd the Constitution of the State of Ohio, the Council has determined to author£ze and direct the sub~ission to the electors of the City of ~kevood of-the proposed Charter ~en~ent hereinafter met forth, at the general and regular ~nicipal election to be held on Nov~ber ~, 1985, vhich election is no~ less than 60 nor ~re ~han 120 ~ys from ~he ~e of passage of this ordinance; and I~HEREAS, this Council by two-thirds vote of the members elected thereto determines that this ordinance ils an emergency measure which is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety and for the further reason that this ordinance must be immediately effective in order to permit the election herein called to be held on the date specified in this ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio: Section 1. That this Council hereby authorizes and directs the submission to the electors of the City of Lakewood at the general and reKular municipal election to be held at the usual places of voting in the City on Tuesday, November 5, 1985, of the follovinS proposal, to amend the Amended Charter of the City. That Article XIII of the Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood be amended by the addition of Section 7 thereof to read as follows: SECTION 7. ADVISORY SALARY RECOHNt~DATIONS. On or before July 1, 1986, and each July 1st of each second year thereafter, the Civil Service Commission shall review and ~ake a ~rritten report to the Council, which report shall be filed with the Clerk of Council and the liayor, setting forth the Co~ission's rec~endations /or the salary and other compensation to be established for the offices of Hayor, members of Council, President of Council and Vice President of Council for the next ensuing term of office. The recommendations of theCo~is- sion shall be advisory only, shall have no binding effect and shall not restrict the powers of the Council to establish salaries end other compensation for such offices pursuant to this Charter. The failure of the Commission to muke the recommendations required by this Section shall not affect the validity of salaries or other compensation for such officers established by the Council pursuant to this Charter. Section 2. That if the foregoing proposed ~endment is approved by a ~aJority of the electors voting thereon at such election,