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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2015— 106 <br /> BY: Council President Jones and the Entire City Council <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE IV, §9 OF THE <br /> CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, "RULES <br /> AND JOURNAL OF COUNCIL" TO ELIMINATE <br /> REFERENCES TO "MINORITY PARTIES" PURSUANT TO <br /> THE NONSUBSTANTIVE CHARTER LANGUAGE <br /> AMENDMENT PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE XVI, §2 OF THE <br /> CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED. <br /> WHEREAS, on the flay of May,2015,the Charter Review Commission of the City of <br /> North Olmsted(hereinafter"Commission")issued its final report with recommendations for changes <br /> to the City Charter, as it was required to do pursuant to Charter Article XIV; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Commission unanimously recommended that Charter Article IV, §9,Rules <br /> and Journal of Council, be amended to remove superfluous language referring to majority or <br /> minority parties in the make-up of City Council, given the fact that the make-up of the Council is <br /> non-partisan; and <br /> WHEREAS, on June 16, 2015, the North Olmsted City Council formally requested of the <br /> Director of Law a legal opinion on the issue of whether the elimination of references to "minority <br /> parties" qualifies as a nonsubstantive Charter language change; and <br /> WHEREAS,on September 9,2015,the Director of Law issued formal Legal Opinion 2015-1 <br /> and determined as a matter of law that the proposal to eliminate references to"minority parties"from <br /> Charter Article IV, §9 qualified as a nonsubstantive Charter amendment; and <br /> WHEREAS,publication of this Ordinance has been undertaken pursuant to the provisions of <br /> Section 2(b) of Charter Article XVI; and <br /> WHEREAS, in conformance with the rovisions of Section 2(b) of Charter Article XVI, a <br /> public hearing was held on the / ' day of p ^,], 201 ; and <br /> O <br /> WHEREAS,it is the desire of this Council to amend Charter Article IV, §9,as authorized by <br /> Charter Article XVI, Nonsubstantive Charter Language, by eliminating references to minority <br /> parties. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA,AND STATE OF OHIO, THREE FOURTHS <br />