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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 88-142 BY: COUNCILMAN WILAMOSKY AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE 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, WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, AN ADDITIONAL TAX AT A RATE NOT EXCEEDING 1.7 MILLS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR MUNICIPAL RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING PAYMENT OF COSTS OF PROVIDING PERMANENT IMPROVE- MENTS, CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES AND ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS ON CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS INITIALLY INCURRED ON OR PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 1989, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 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 the submission 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, February 7, 1989, of the following proposal to amend the Charter of the City of North Olmsted: 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, and all such taxes shall be levied by not less than a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members of Council eligible to vote. (b) Except as provided in Paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 8, for all purposes of the municipality the Council may, without a vote of the people, levy annually not more than eleven and one-tenth (11.1) mills for each dollar of assessed valuation. Of said levy, an amount shall annually be levied sufficient to pay the interest, sinking fund and retirement charges on all general obii- gation bonds and general obligation bond anticipation notes of the municipality heretofore or hereafter authorized to be issued withotit a vote of the electors, except to the extent Council det.ermines that such levy for certain bonds or notes issued for improvements to the municipal sanitary sewerage system should be made pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (c) of this Section 8 or that such levy for certain bonds or notes issued for recreational improvements should be made pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (d) of this Section 8, which levy under this Paragraph (b) shaii oe placed before and in preference to all other levies and for the full amount thereof. Of the remaining portion of said levy, an amount shall be levied annu- ally sufficient to provide the amounts required by law for police pensions (.3 mi11) and firemen's pensions (.3 mill); an amount shall be levied annually for the purpose of paying the expense of recrea- tion and providing recreational facilities (.5 mill), and the balance thereof may annually be levied for the purpose of paying the current operati.ng expenses of the municipality.