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VETO OF RESOLUTION N0. 966 Pursuant to the Charter of Mayfield Village, Ohio, ArticTe IV, Sec- tion 6, the Mayor hereby vetoes in its entirety Resalution 966 ("R.966"), adopted August 23, 1977. The Charter enables Ma.yfield Village to function under the Home Rule provisions of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, Article XVIII, Sections 3 and 7. Section 7 provides that "any municipality may frame and adopt or amend a charter for its government and may, subject to the provisions af Section 3 of this Article, exercise thereunder any powers of local self-government". This Coim.cil has disregarded its sworn obligation to uphold the Charter of Mayfield Village, which is the basis of all powers granted to the Council. ? The following references are addressed to the failure of Council to enact legislation in canformance with the Charter: l. Cotmcil adopted R. 996 in form contrary to the Charter, Article IV, Section 6, which states in part that "the Mayor may approve or veto the whole or any item of an ordinance or resolution appropriating money; but otherwise; his approval or veto shall be addressed to the entire ordinance or resolution". 2. Council adopted R. 996 in form and substance contrary to the provisions of the Charter, Article III, Section 11, which states in.part that "each ordinance or resolution...shall take effect, unless a later time be specified therein, upon its signature by the Mayor approving the same, or the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor, or upon its passage after it has been vetoed by the Mayor, as the case may be...":.