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I, Mary E. Betsa, Clerk of Council of Mayfield Village, Ohio, hereby certify that the foregoing is a copy of original Ordinance No. 2025-12 with Exhibit A passed by Mayfield Village Council at its Regular Meeting on August 18, 2025. MARY FJ BETSA, MMC, Clerk of Council ORDINANCE NO.2025-12 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Bodnar and Council as a Whole AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE CHARTER TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A PETITIONER'S COMMITTEE FOR NOMINATING AND OTHER PETITIONS WHEREAS, Article XI of the Mayfield Village Charter requires that a Charter Review Commission convene every five (5) years to review the Charter; and WHEREAS, the Charter Review Commission shall review the Charter and within five (5) months after such appointment have a review session with the Mayor and Council and then recommend to the voters such amendments to the Charter, as in its judgment are desirable; and WHEREAS, the Charter Review Commission reviewed the Charter and had a review session with the Mayor and Council on June 2, 2025; and WHEREAS, the Charter Review Commission recommends to the voters a proposed amendment to remove the requirement for a petitioner's committee for nominating and other petitions and to make such amendments consistent therewith to the Charter in its entirety. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of Mayfield Village, Cuyahoga County, State of Ohio, that: SECTION 1. Article VII (Nominations and Elections), Section 3 (Petition Procedure) of the Mayfield Village Charter is amended to read as is set forth in Exhibit "A", a copy of which is 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 4, 2025 election. Upon this proposed amendment being approved by a 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. SECTION 4. By authority of this Ordinance, the Board of Election is authorized and directed to place on the ballot for the electors of Mayfield Village, at the November 4, 2025 election, the following question: