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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, March 17, 2014 Page 12 I+'irst Reading of Resolution No. 2014-07, entitled, "A Resolution requesting the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer to adjust the amended official certificate of estimated resources for 2014." Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mrs. Jerome, made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2014-07. Council President Pro Tem Marrie asked, any questions? There were none. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None First Reading of IZesolution No. 2014-08, entitled, "A Resolution urging Ohio voters to support State Issue 1 renewal of the State Capital Improvements Program on the May 6, 2014 ballot." Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Jerome, made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2014-08. Motion Carried Resolution Adopted Council President Pro Tem Marrie asked, any discussion? There was none. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Resolution Adopted First Reading of Resolution No. 2014-09, entitled, "A Resolution disproving of the State's actions to restrict citizens' access to the ballot; urging the State to repeal these restrictions; and calling upon the State to instead work on increasing citizens' access to the ballot." Introduced by 1Vlayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Jerome, made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2014-09. Council President Pro Tem Marrie asked, any discussion? Dr. Parker asked, can our legal counsel explain this one for the record? Ms. Calta stated, I have just seen this today. If you look at the Resolution, this was a template provided. It sets out where they believe there are restrictions on access to the ballot. The recent adoption of Ohio Senate Bills 205, 216, 238 and the Secretary of State Directive 2014-06, they are saying are restricting those rights to the ballot. This Resolution calls on the State to disprove or make changes to that. Mayor Rinker stated, this looks like it's disapprove as opposed to disprove. My request would be, this is Council's call. If we can get synopses of the different Senate Bills, because the little I have read in the papers, this sounds like it's highly debatable.