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The Clerk of this Council is instructed i~,,mediately to file a certified copy <br />of this Ordinance and the proposed form of the ballot question with the County <br />Board of Elections not less than seventy-five (75) days prior to November 7, <br />2000. The Aggregation Program shall not take effect unless approved by a <br />majority of electors voting upon this Ordinance and the Aggregation Program <br />provided for herein at the election held pursuant to this Section 2 and Ohio <br />Revised Code §4928.20. <br /> <br /> Section 3. Upon the approval of a majority of electors voting at the <br />special election provided for in Section 2 of this Ordinance, the Mayor on behalf <br />of the City and with the approval of Council shall individually or jointly with any <br />other political subdivision, develop a plan of operation and governance for the <br />Aggregation Program. Before adopting such plan, this Council shall hold at least <br />two public hearings on the plan. Before the first hearing, notice of the hearing <br />shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of <br />general circulation in the City. The notice shall sammarize the plan and state the <br />date, time, and location of each hearing. No plan adopted by this Council shall <br />aggregate the electrical load of any electric load center within the City unless it in <br />advance clearly discloses to the person owning, occupying, controlling, or using <br />the load center that the person will be enrolled automatically in the Aggregation <br />program and will remain so enrolled unless the person affirmatively elects by a <br />stated procedure not to be so enrolled. The disclosure shal state prominently <br />the rates, charges, and other terms and conditions of enrollment. The stated <br />procedure shall allow any person in the Aggregation Program the opportunity to <br />opt-out of the program every two years, without paying a switching fee. Any <br />such person that opts-out of the Aggregation Program pursuant to the stated <br />procedure shall default to the standard service offer provided under division (a) <br />of §4928.14 or division (d) of §4928.35 of the Ohio Revised Code until the <br />person chooses an alternative supplier. <br /> <br /> Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this <br />Council concerning and rel'ating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in <br />an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council <br />and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings <br />open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. <br /> <br /> Section ,5. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency <br />measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it received <br />the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take <br />effect and be in force immediately upon its approval by the Mayor, otherwise, it <br />shall take effect and be in force al~er the earliest period allowed by law. <br /> <br />Approved: <br /> <br />PRESIDENT <br /> <br /> <br />