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r . .?. . CITY OF NOR1H OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 85-98 BY: AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE Si1BMISSION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED OF A PROPOSEn ANENDME:VT TO THE CFIARTER OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHrENT OF A COi1NCIL RULE PROVIDING FOR N'INORITY REPRESENTATION ON STANDING C(MMITTEES OF COUNCIL, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE G-IARTER R.FVIEW COMMISSION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Charter Review ComQnission of the City of North Olmsted, appointed pursuant to Article XIV o_f the Charter of the City of North Olmsted, has filed its report of recommended amendments to the Charter with this Council. NOV, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THF CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COtJN'TY OF CUYAHOGA ANT) STATE OF OHIO, TWO-1HIRDS OF ALL MHMBERS CONCCTRRING : SECTION 1: That this Cotmcil hereby authorizes and directs the submissi no the electors of the City of North Olmsted at the General Election to be held at the usual places of voting in said City on 'Itiiesday, November 5, 1985, the following separate proposal to amend the Charter of the City of North Olmsted: Pro osal: That Section 9 of Article IV of the Charter be amended to inclu evision requiring the adoption of a rule of Council to provide for minority representation on s t an din g committees of Council, such amended Section 9 of Article IV to read as follows: ARTICLE IV THE COUNCIL SECTION 9: RULES AND JOURNAL OF COi?iCIL 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 voting upon any ordinance, resolution or motion shall be by roll call and the vote of each Councilman 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 m ino rity 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 corrm?ittee 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