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Regular Council Meeting Minutes ! 6-21-10 Page 11 ! Review process at this point when it gets to Council should be looked at more as a certification to the Board of Elections because the process for the Charter amendments is for the matters to be put on the ballot for the electors to make a decision on. No one is asking for Council to come out and endorse, oppose or really take T the ballo e and then leave it up toithe vote s and hope there certified to the Board of Elections fo is not a tie like there was the last time. Council President Buckholtz stated we ran into this once before with a petition. Ms. Calta replied there were some initiative petitions that came forward. Same thing. Council President Buckholtz added, the way the law was was that we were required to pass it along for the electorate to vote on much the way the Charter is set up for Charter Review. Ms. Calta stated, you can certainly have an opinion on a11 of them. Mr. Saponaro thinks it should state in all of these that it's introduced through the Charter Review Commission so that for the reflection of the Minutes, for the folks that are reading this, they understand this was done through a Committee. That's who it was introduced by. Our function may be to approve it to get on the ballot or to say okay, it can go on the ballot, but it was through the Charter Review. Mr. Marquardt agreed. The wording doesn't seem appropriate for the action. Ms. Calta thinks that the Codified Ordinances also say that ordinances are typically introduced by the Mayor and Council. She does not know if it actually specifically contemplates Charter Review. Changing the agenda to say introduced by Charter Review, you can certainly have the record reflect that these are obviously recommendations from the Charter Review to Council for certification to the Board of Elections. She will look for that and she will reference it. Council President Buckholtz suggested that the specific concerns be discussed at Caucus to get them out there. At the time of final passage or the final vote, be specific on what we are voting on, that we are not voting to suppoit or not support the action, just to do our job as part of passing it on to the electorate. Ms. Calta referred to 121:03(B). It talks about the introduction and passage of ordinances and resolutions. That is where it says "rt sha11 be introduced by the Mayor or Council or both". That's where that transcends from. Council President Buckholtz suggested we discuss the proposed legislation at Caucus. Ms. Ca1ta stated a11 of these can be kept on First Read. They have to be to the Board of Elections in September, so there is enough time for reads in June, July and August. ' Ms. Calta suggested that the inclusion of language, "recommended by the Charter Review Commission and Introduced by the Mayor and Council pursuant to ORC 121.03(B)" be considered. i