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__ ~,,.~.v~_,,. __ _ .x,.:,,... CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0.2006 -1 BY: Council Members Gareau and Miller ~u~,ec~ `S~a/o 6 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED OF AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE Ii; SECTION 9 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT COUNCIL VOTE ONL Y B Y ROLL CALL, THEREB Y ENABLING COUNCIL TO PROVIDE BY R ULE FOR OTHER A UTHORIZED METHODS OF VOTING UPON THE ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE IT, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 9 of the Charter provides that all votes of Council on every issue before Council must be taken by roll call; and WHEREAS, the voting method of roll call is lengthy and oftentimes unnecessarily time consuming; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to submit to the voters of North Olmsted a proposal to amend Article IV, Section 9 of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted so as to eliminate the requirement that all Council votes be by roll call, and require instead that only the final vote on ordinances and resolutions be by roll call, thereby enabling Council to provide by rule for other authorized methods of voting upon all other issues before it; and WHEREAS, this proposal was submitted by this Council to the Charter Review Commission for review and recommendation in accordance with Article XIV, Section (b)(2) of the City Charter, and, within 60 days of the date of referral, the Commission on the 27th day of January, 2006, filed a written report with the Clerk of Council in which the Commission recommended, by a unanimous vote, that the legislation be amended to substitute the following proposed new language as the new first paragraph of Article IV, Section 9 of the Charter: "Council shall adopt it own rules, regulations or by-laws and shall keep a journal of alp 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;" and WHEREAS, this Council has adopted this Ordinance, as required by state law, no sooner than 120 days, and no later than 60 days, prior to the date of the election at which the issue will be voted upon by the electorate;