27-15 Submit proposed Charter Amendment - Lakewood Hospital

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a majority vote of the electors of the City of Lakewood at a general electiol. Said general election shall be held not less than ninety (90) days and not more than one hundred fifty (150) clays after the ordinance is passed by Council. If there is no such general election within that time frame, then such ordinance shall be presented to the voters for their approval at a special election to be held within such time frame. Sach ordinances shall include, without limitation, any and all actions for the sale, lease, lease extension or renewal, sublease, managennent, closure, abandomnent, demolition, or definitive agreement, contract, or agreement, that would cause Lakewood Hospital, in whole or io part, to no longer be a full time and full service hospital and medical facility providing, without limitation, iupatient diagnostic, medical, surgical, and psychiatric care for a continuous period longer than twenty -four hours. This charter amendment provision shall be liberally construed to protect, preserve, and safeguard Lakewood Hospital as a full time and full service hospital and medical facility providing, without limitation, inpatient diagnostic, medical, surgical, and psychiatric care for a continuous period longer than twenty -four hours, through the elective process by nneans of a vote of the electors of the City of Lakewood. The provisions of this Section to the extent that it conflicts with m• is inconsistent with any other provisions of the City Charter, shall supersede and control over any and all such other provisions of the City Charter. Section 2. The Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County is hereby authorized to submit the following proposed ballot question to the registered voters of the City at the general election on November 3, 2015: Shall (Joe Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood be amended to create an automatic referendum, requiring an affirmative vote by a majority of the registered vot- ers of the city for passage, on any ordinance adopted by council that wadd cause Lake- wood Hospital to no longer be a full -time and full-service hospital and medical facility providing, without limitation, inpatient diagnostic, medical, surgical, and psychiatric care for a continuous period longer thou tweaty -four hours? Section 3. The Clerk of this Council is instructed immediately to file a certified copy of this ordinance and the proposed form of the ballot question with the County Board of Elections not less than 60 days and not more than 120 days prior to November 3, 2015. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 5. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the pream- ble, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, this ordi- nance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and ap- proval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law.