27-15 Submit proposed Charter Amendment - Lakewood Hospital

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ORDINANCE NO. 27 -15 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vole of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, providing for the submission to the registered voters of the City of Lakewood a proposed amendment to the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, citizens by committee have proposed an amendment to the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood for consideration by the registered voters of the City, and have gathered the requisite number of signatures of the registered voters to cause that amendment to be placed on a ballot for popular vote; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood and the Constitution of the State of Ohio, the Council has determined to authorize and direct the sub- mission to the registered voters of the City of Lakewood of the proposed amendment to the Second Amended Charter, reproduced below, at the general election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, which election is not less than 60 nor more than 120 days from the effective date of this ordinance; and WHEREAS, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation and enhancement of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the City of Lakewood, in that the effective date must fall before the deadline imposed for the submission of municipal charter changes to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO, TWO THIRDS OF ALL COUNCILMEMBERS CONCURRING: Section 1. This Council hereby authorizes and directs the submission to the registered voters of the City of Lakewood at the general election to be held at the usual places of voting in the City on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, the proposed amendment to the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood reading as follows: LAKEWOOD HOSPITAL VOTER APPROVAL No ordinance passed by Council, exercising any legislative authority with respect to Lakewood Hospital, that would cause Lakewood Hospital, in whole or in part, to no longer be a full tine and full service hospital aad medical facility providing, without lim- itation, inpatient diagnostic, medical, sargicah, aad psychiatric care for a continuous pe- riod longer than twenty -four hours, shall take effect until such ordinance is approved by