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REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF NORTH OLMSTED CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION MAY,2015 THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIV (B) OF THE CHARTER HEREBY SUBMITS TO COUNCIL ITS RECOMMENDA- TIONS WITHIN THE SIX (6) CALENDAR MONTHS AS PROVIDED THEREBY. SAID RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Article IV,Section 9,Rules and Journal of Council. The Commission unanimously recommends that this Article be amended to remove superfluous language referring to majority or minority parties in the make-up of council in that the make-up of council is non-partisan. The change in language shall be substantially as follows: Section 9, Rules and Journal of Council. Council shall adopt its own rules, regulations or by-laws and shall keep a journal of all of its proceedings. The journal shall be open for public inspection at all reasonable times. The voting upon any ordinance,resolution or motion shall be roll call and the vote of each • councilman entered upon the journal. 2. Article IX,Section 4,Nominations and Elections; Designation of Candidates. The Commission unanimously recommends that the Article at Section 4 be amended to eliminate the necessity for a primary election in the office of Council-at-Large. The change in language shall be substantially as follows: Section 4. The number of candidates for the office of Mayor,President of Council, Director of Finance,Director of Law, and Council-by Ward at any regular municipal election in the City shall be the two (2)candidates on the primary election ballot receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election. The number of candidates for the office of Council-at-Large at any regular municipal election shall equal the number of candidates filing a valid petition for the nomination of a candidate for the Office of Council-at-Large. The filing deadline for such petition for nomination of a candidate for the Office of Council-at-Large shall be the deadline established by the general .law of the State of Ohio,as may be amended from time to time,to appear on a ballot at a primary election. In case there shall not be more than two (2)persons who shall have filed petitions for the office of Mayor,President of Council,Director of Finance, Director of Law, and Council-by-Ward, as provided for in this Charter, then said persons shall be the candidates at the regular municipal election and the primary election for the office not exceeding two (2)persons shall not be held. All person who shall have filed petitions for the office of Council-at-Large as provided for in the Charter shall be the candidates at the regular municipal election.