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All meetings of the Council or committees thereof <br />shall be public and any citizen shall have access to <br />the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable <br />times. <br /> <br />be and the same hereby is repealed and amended to read as <br />follows: <br /> <br />SECTION 5. ORGANIZATION AND OPEN MEETINGS <br /> <br /> The Council shall be the judge of the election <br />and qualification of its members. A majority of all <br />the acting members elected shall be a quorum to do <br />business but a less number may adjourn from day to <br />day and compel the attendance of absent members in <br />such manner and under such penalties as may be <br />prescribed by ordinance. The affirmative vote of a <br />majority of the acting members of Council shall be <br />necessary to adopt any ordinance or resolution and <br />on the passage thereof a vote shall be taken by yeas <br />and nays and entered upon the journal. The Council <br />shall determine its own rules and order of business <br />and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. <br /> All meetings of the Council or <br />Con%mittees thereof shall be open to the public <br />except that Executive Sessions may be held in <br />accordance with the Ohio Revised Code. Any citizen <br />shall have access to the minutes and records thereof <br />at all reasonable times. <br /> <br /> Section 2. That if the foregoing proposed amendment is <br />approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon at such <br />election, it shall become effective from and after the time of <br />its approval by the electors. <br /> <br /> Section 3. That the ballot submitting the question of <br />the adoption of the aforesaid amendment shall read as follows, or <br />as otherwise directed by the election authorities: <br /> <br />PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT <br /> CITY OF LAKEWOOD <br /> <br />A majority affirmative vote is necessary for <br />passage. <br /> <br />Shall the Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood <br />be amended to require that all meetings of City <br />Council or its Committees called for the purpose <br />of transacting public business, when a majority of <br />the members are present, be open to the public <br />unless an Executive Session is called pursuant to <br />the Ohio Revised Code? <br /> <br /> Section 4. That the Clerk of Council is hereby <br />authorized and directed to cause the full text of said proposed <br />Charter amendment to be published pursuant to Section 107.10 of <br />the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of <br />Lakewood, Ohio and Section 731.211, Ohio Revised Code. <br /> <br /> Section 5. That the Clerk of this Council be and she <br />is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of <br />this ordinance to the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County, <br />Ohio; and that the City's Clerk of Council, the Mayor and <br />Director of Law are hereby authorized and directed to take such <br />other actions as may be necessary to submit the aforesaid <br />amendment to the electors of the City at the general and regular <br />municipal election to be held on November 7, 1989. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />