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Ordinance No. 2005 -111 That Article X, Section 4 of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted be amended as follows so as to provide for recall elections in North Olmsted to be conducted in accordance with State law recall procedure: ARTICLE X INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL SEC. 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS The manner of signing, the method of circulating, the form and requirements as to the affidavit, and the other requirements of the general law regulating initiative and referendum and recall petitions, shall apply in the case in of initiative, referendum and recall in this municipality, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. SECTION 2. If the foregoing proposal receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting thereon, then the said amendment to Article X., Section 4 of the Charter shall be effective on January 1, 2006. SECTION 3. It is the desire of the Council that the ballot for said question shall be in substantially the following form: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall Article X, Section 4 of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted be amended so as to provide that the procedure for initiating a recall of any elected city official, unless otherwise provided for in the Charter, shall be conducted in accordance with State law governing recall rather than State law governing initiative and referendum? Yes No SECTION 4. The Clerk of Council is authorized and directed to deliver a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County no sooner than July 11, 2005, and no later than September 9, 2005. SECTION S. This Council requests that the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County cause 2