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M.V. ORDINANCE N0. 86-16 Page -2- election in 1989 and every fourth year thereafter for a term of four (4) years commencing on the first day of January next after such election or until their successors are elected and qualified." The ballot question for the above-proposed Charter amendment shall read as follows: Shall Article III, Section 1 of the Charter of Mayfield Village, Ohio, be amended to increase the size of Council from five (5) to seven (7) members with three (3) members elected at-large and four (4) members elected from the Wards, all of whom shall serve a term of four (4) years? Section 2._ The Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and directed to certify a copy of this Ordinance to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections not less than sixty (60) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the regularly scheduled General Election on November 4, 1986 in order to have the ballot issues contained herein placed on the ballot for this said General Election and to take whatever other steps are necessary in order to comply with all directives of the said Board of Elections in order to secure placement on the ballot as aforesaid. Section 3. The Director of Law is hereby authorized and directed to confer with the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County, Ohio and the Secretary of State for the State of Ohio regarding the ballot questions and to make any changes necessary to comply with current election law so long as the substance of any issue is not changed. In the event of the necessity of a substantial change of any issue, the Council shall first be consulted. Section 4. At least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the election as set forth in the Ordinance, the Clerk of Council is hereby directed to mail a copy of the full text of the proposed Charter amendment to each elector of the municipality whose name appears upon the registration books for the last regular election held in the municipality. Section 5. That the Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council relating to the adoption of this Ordinance have been taken at open meetings of this~Council; and that deliberations of this Council and of its committees, resulting in such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all statutory requirements including the requirements of Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.