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RESOZUTION Nom 492 By iir. Belzer A RESO'LUTION NIDSORIAZIZIIIG '.C''tiE 104TH GENFRAL ASSEPd3LY OF THE LEGISI,ATURE, OF THE STATE OF OHIO, TO AIIEND SECTION 731,09 OF THE REVISED CODE OF_THE STATE OF OHIO, RELATIVE TO THE EI,ECTTON OF MENIBERS TO VIL-LkGE LEGTSLATIVE AUTHORITIES,, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Section 731409 of the Revised Code of the State of Ohio provides that the members of the legislative authoritp of a village shall be elected at large f or terms of f our years; and CqIIEREAS, it provides fnrther that in th.e year 1961, two members shall be elected for terns of two years and four members shall be elected for terms of f our years ; and WHEREAS, it f urther provides that candidates ior such legislative authority sha11 declare whether they shall run f or a four-year or a tcao-year term; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this Council that such requirements are unf avorable to candidates wishing to run ior the position of Village Councilman as it reduces the opportunity of a candidate to compete f or one of six seats to one of our or to one of two seats depending upon the tenu f or which such candidate shall elec-t to run; and GIHERE-AS, under said section it is possible for a candidate to receive ? the f if th highest number of popular votes and be def eated cahile another candidate running for a tcvo-year term could Ue elected with a fewer number of the popular vote; and WHEREAS,, under the proposed amendment the term of the candidate is determined by the number of popular votes he may receive and the ballot presented to the elactors would be simpler, less confusing and more economical to print and to count; and WHEREAS, many charter municipalities have chosen the f orm of electing legislative representative as is herein proposed in the f ollowing amendment; NOW THFREFORE BE IT RESOZVED BY THE COUNCIZ OF THE VIZZAGE OF i-AIAYrIELD CUYAAOGA COUNTY, OHIO, FTCE MMiBERS ELECTED TIIERETO CONCURRTNG: Sec. 1. That this Council respectfully requests the members of the 104th General Assembly of the Zegislature of the State o£ Ohio to amend Section 731.09 of the Revised Code of the State ot Ohio f or the reasons hereinbef ore set forth and that such amendment shall be as introduced by Senator Joseph G7, Bartunek in Senate Bill No. 186 and which reads as f ollowsa