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r <br /> <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2003-43 <br />BY: Council Member Gareau <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE CREATING NEW SECTIONS 121.05 AND 121.06 OF THE <br />ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, ENTITLED, RESPECTIVELY "FORMAL COUNCIL <br />HEARINGS" AND "CONTEMPT OF COUNCIL" SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE <br />CITY COUNCIL TO CONDUCT FORMAL HEARINGS REGARDING MATTERS <br />WITHIN THE PIIBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, AS WELL AS TO <br />HEAR COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDING <br />THE OPERATIDNS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, AND FURTHER TO <br />PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES FOR CONTEMPT OF COUNCIL, <br />ANEWRGENG , AS AMENDED. <br />WHEREAS, Section 705.21 of the Ohio Revised Code provides generally for the <br />legislative authority of statutory plan municipal corporations to conduct formal inquests; and <br />WHEREAS, City Council and the Committees of Council in the performance of their <br />respective duties study and debate matters concerning the public health, safety and welfare, <br />including: budget hearings; liquor license applications / transfers; building and development <br />proposals, and general complaints from citizens about the operation and function of City <br />government; and <br />WHEREAS, Council is desirous of ensuring that the decisions it makes and the matters it <br />considers are decisions made knowingly and intelligently and based upon accurate information; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council, in an exercise of local self-government <br />power, to authorize the Council of the City of North Olmsted, acting as a Committee of the <br />Whole, to conduct formal hearings regarding the public, health, safety and welfare as well as to <br />hear complaints from citizens of the community regarding the operations of the City <br />government; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That there be and hereby is created new Sections 121.05 and 121.06 of <br />Chapter 121 of the Administrative Code, entitled, respectively, "Council Hearings" and <br />"Contempt of Council," which, in their entirety, sha11 read as follows: <br />"121.05 FORMAL COUNCIL HEARINGS. <br />