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,~ Ordinance No. 2006-1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, OHIO, TWO-THIRDS OF ALL MEMBERS CONCURRING THAT: SECTION 1. Pursuant to Article XVIII, Sections 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 a special election to be held at the usual places of voting in the City on Tuesday, May 2, 2006: That Article IV, Section 9 of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted be amended so as to eliminate the requirement that Council vote only by roll call, thereby enabling Council to provide by rule for other authorized methods of voting upon the issues that come before it: ARTICLE IV THE COUNCIL SEC. 9. RULES AND JOURNAL OF COUNCIL. Council shall adopt its own rules, regulations or by-laws and shall keep a Journal of all its proceedings. The Journal shall be open for public inspection at all reasonable times. The final vote upon any ordinance or resolution shall be by roll call and the vote of each Councilman shall be entered upon the Journal. Among the rules it adopts, Council shall provide for the appointment of its members to the various standing committees. In so providing, Council shall guarantee that each member of a minority party shall be appointed to at least one standing committee, selected by his party. Such selections shall be made by agreement of the members of each minority party, but in no event shall Council be required to appoint more than one minority party member to any one standing committee. In the event members of a minority party fail to agree among themselves, or two or more minority parties desire to place a member on the same standing committee of Council, then Council shall appoint to that committee the minority party member with greatest seniority on Council. For purposes of this section of the Charter, "minority party" shall mean any political party having at least one member on Council, but less than a majority of the Council membership, or any independent member of Council. (Amended 11-5-85.) SECTION 2. If the foregoing proposal receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting thereon, then the said amendment to Article VIII, Section 6 of the Charter shall be effective upon the date of the certification of election results by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. 2