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ORDINANCE NO. 2020-16 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Bodnar AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4 AND ARTICLE V, SECTION 5 OF THE CHARTER OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, SO AS TO PROVIDE . GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE WHEREAS, Article XI of the Mayfield Village Charter currently requires that the Charter Review Commission convene every five years to review the Charter; and WHEREAS, the Charter Review Commission is required to have a review session with the Mayor and Council and to recommend to the voters any amendments to the Charter as in its judgment are desirable; and WHEREAS, the Charter Review Commission have recommended to the voters the following proposed amendments to Mayfield Village Charter Article IV, Section 4, and Article V, rw Section 5, to provide gender neutral language. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of Mayfield Village, Cuyahoga County, State of Ohio that: SECTION 1. Mayfield Village Charter Article IV, Section 4, and Article V, Section 5 is amended to read as set forth in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 2. This ordinance upon adoption by Council shall be referred to the Clerk of Cuyahoga County Board of Elections not later than sixty (60) days before the November 3, 2020 election. Upon this proposed amendment being approved by the majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall become part of the Charter of Mayfield Village, Ohio. SECTION 3. Pursuant to the mandates of the Charter, a copy of the full text of this proposed amendment shall be delivered to the residents of the Village not less than thirty (30) days before the election and, pursuant to law, a legal notice will be published once a week for two consecutive weeks at least fifteen (15) days prior to the election.