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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 75 - /~O Page 6. vote of two-thirds of the members of Council eligible to vote, that the amount of taxes which may be raised within the limitations of this Charter will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of the City for current operating expenses, and other ex- penses payable from the general fund of the City, and such permanent improvements and equipment as shall have an esti- mated useful life of five (5) years or more, and that it is necessary to levy taxes in excess of such limitations, in addition to the levies authorized and limited by this Charter, for the municipal purpose or purposes specified in such resolution. Such resolution shall specify the additional sum which it is necessary to levy, the pur- pose or purposes thereof, the additional rate estimated to be required therefor, and the date of any proposed elec- tion thereon. Such resolution shall be effective upon its adoption and shall be certified within five (5) days there- after to the election authorities, who shall place such question upon the ballot at the next succeeding November election. If a majority of those voting thereon vote for the approval of such additional levy, the Council shall immediately make such levy, or such part thereof as it finds necessary, pursuant to such approval and certify the same to the County Auditor, to be placed on the tax list and collected as other taxes. The authority of the Council to submit additional levies to a vote of the people or to levy taxes upon such other ~:4a subjects and for such other purposes as may be lawful under the Constitution or laws of this state shall not be deemed impaired or abridged by reason of any provi- sion contained in this Charter." Proposal 7: That Article XIV of the Charter be amended to provide that the Mayor appoint a Charter Review Commission each ten (10) years rather than every five (5) years, such amended Article XIV to read as follows: "ARTICLE XIV Charter Review Commission Effective upon the adoption hereof and using the year of 1975 as the base year and each ten (10) years thereafter on January 2, 1985, the Mayor shall appoint a Commission of nine (9) qualified. electors of the City holding no other office or appointment in this City, as members of the Charter Review Commission. The appointees to such Commis- sion shall be approved by Council. Such Commission shall review the City Charter, and within nine (9) calendar months after such appointment, recommend to Council such altera- tions, revisions, and amendments, if any, to this Charter as in its judgment are desirable. The Council shall forth- with submit to the electors any such proposed. alterations, revisions, or amendments of this Charter in the manner pro- vided in the Article Amendmer..ts to Charter.