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r l CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 89-16 BY: The Mayor and the Entire Council AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE ELECTORS OF TFiE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED OF AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 8 OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED TO AUTHORIZE THIS COUNCIL TO LEVY ANNUALLY FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, AN ADDITIONAL TAX AT A RATE NOT EXCEEDING SEVEN-TENTHS OF ONE MILL TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR MUNICIPAL RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING PAYMENT OF COSTS OF PROVIDING PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES AND ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS ON CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS ISSUED TO PAY COSTS OF PROVIDING AND IMPROVING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, this Council has determined that additional funds will be needed during the next ten years for municipal recreational purposes, including payment of costs of providing permanent improvements for recreational purposes (including, without limitation, rehabilitating the North Olmsted Recreation Center), current operating expenses for recreational purposes, and annual debt service requirements on obligations issued to pay costs of providing and improving recreational facilities or to refund obligations issued for that purpose; and 'WHEREAS, this Council has further determined, accordingly, to submit to the electors of the City of North Olmsted the proposal to amend the City's Ckiarter set forth in Section 1 to authorize this Council to levy annually for a period of ten years, without a vote of the people, an additional tax at a rate not exceeding seven-tenths of one mill to provide funds for those municipal recreational purposes; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, two-thirds of all members concurring, that: SECTION 1. Pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 9 of the Ohio Constitution and Article XII of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted, this Council authorizes and directs that the following proposal to amend the Charter of the City of North Olmsted be submitted to the electors of the City of North Olmsted at an election to be held at the usual places of voting in the City on Tuesday, May 2, 1989: That existing Section 8 of Article VIII of the Charter be amended to read as follows: "SECTION 8: LIMITATION ON THE RATE OF TAXATION (a) The aggregate amount of taxes that may be levied by the Council without a vote of the people on taxable property assessed and listed for taxation according to value shall not exceed in any one year the aggregate of the amounts provided for in Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d} of this Section 8; rrc.ridcd tl~.at the tax provided for it Paragraph (d) of this Section 8 may only be levied in the tax years from 1989 through 1998, for collection in the calendar years from 1990 through 1999. All such taxes shall be levied by not less than a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members of Council eligible to vote.