Label
Council Members Moline and Hobbs
Title
Repealing Ordinance 04-23; and declaring an emergency.
Body
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Ordinance 4-23 proposed amending Section 209 of the Toledo City Charter and authorized submission of the amendment to voters as a ballot issue at the May 2, 2023 municipal primary election.
However, placing the proposed Charter amendment on the May 2, 2023 primary ballot will most likely result in election costs to the City that would otherwise not be incurred for the May primary. Repealing and later considering enactment of a new ordinance placing the issue on the general municipal election in November would reduce additional special election costs due solely to the charter amendment and would likely result in more electors having their voice heard on this issue.
This Ordinance repeals Ord. 4-23 in order to avoid special election charges for the May 2, 2023 election that may be incurred by the City due solely as a result of placing a Charter amendment on the ballot at a municipal primary/special election.
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance 4-23, which reads as follows, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 1. That the amendment to the Charter of the City of Toledo, as hereinafter set forth, be submitted to the electors of the City of Toledo at the special election to be held on May 2, 2023.
SECTION 2. That the Charter of the City of Toledo, Section 209 which presently reads as follows:
Section 209. Replacing improvements.
The Council may provide in whole or in part the cost of replacing any improvement existing in a street at the time of the adoption of this Charter, by levying special assessments as herein provided for; but any assessment for the improvement to be replaced shall be limited to a sum not in excess of fifty percent of the cost of such replacement.
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