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,/ o ORDINANCE NO. 73- 10 INTRODUCED BY: Councilman Lawrence Flynn AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING AN AMENDMEPdT IN THE MUNICIPAL CHARTER AVD PROVIDING FOR SUBP4ISSION OF THE QUESTION TO THE ELECTORATE. ? isr i? BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: Section 1. The question of the amendment of Article III, Section 7 of the Charter of Mayfield Village, Ohio, adopted on P4ay 7, 1974, be submitted to the electorate of the municipality so that, as amended, the same shall read as follows: "Section 7. SALARISS, BONDS AND COMPENSATION. (a) The-Council sha11 have the pot•rer to fix all compensa- tion paid by the municipality and the salary of its own members, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. Any person may be required by the Council, from time to time, to furnish a bond for the faithful performance of that person's duties and the Council shall provide that the premium for such bond be paid by the municipality. The compensation of the Mayor, the Finance Director and each member of Council shall be fixed at least thirty (30) days prior to the last date on which nomina- tion pe?Eitioas for the next following full term of Council may be filed with the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Such compensation, when so-fixed, shall become effective on the first day of January of the following year. Each member of Council shall be compensated equally, both newly elected members and those serving the balance of a term. During the ensuing two (2) year term of Cour.cil, the compensation of the h4ayor, Finance Director and members of Council shall not be diminished or increased, and thereafter may be changed only according to the terms ef this Section. (b) The Council shall fix the salaries of all elective and appointive officials. The Council, or the D4ayor with the concurrence of the Finance Director, may authorize the payment or reimbursement of exPenses incurred by any official, employee or member of any board or commission of the municipality for travel or otherwise in the interest of the municipality, except that any such expense concurred by the Mayor or the Finance Director must be approved by the Council." Section 2. The question of the amendnent of the Charter as set forth in Section 1 shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the municipality at the regularly scheduled primary elec- tion to be held in Mayfield Village on June 6, 1978, but, if for any reason said election is not held on said date, then the question- shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors at the general election to be held Dlavember 7, 1978. Section 3. The question to be presented to the electors shall be stated on the ballot as: "Shall Article III, Section 7 of the Charter of P4ayPield Village, Ohio, be amended to provide that the compensation of each member of Council shall at all times be equal to every other member of Ccuncil.:," ? If paper ballots are used, a space on such ballot, immediately fo1- locving the question, shall be provided for the voter to indicate "for the amendment" or "against the amendment". If voting machines are used, the machine shall state the question and shall provide for the machine recordation of a vote with either the words "for ;he amendment" or "yes", or, in the alternative, "against the amend- ment" or "no".