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Council Members Moline and Hobbs
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Providing for the submission to the electors of the City of Toledo at the general election on November 7, 2023, an amendment to the Charter of the City of Toledo Section 209; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
In 2022, the Charter Revision Committee submitted to City Council proposed amendments to the Charter of the City of Toledo that were combined to become Issue 21 for the special election dated November 8, 2022. The electors of Toledo did not approve the issue and its proposed amendments.
This ordinance proposes changing Section 209 of the Toledo City Charter. This change to the Toledo Charter is supported by citizens of Toledo as a separate issue. Therefore, this ordinance guarantees that this issue can be voted on by the Toledo electorate as a single issue at the November 7, 2023 general election.
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
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 an election to be held on November 7, 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.
No allowance shall be made for any replacement and no part of the cost of the making of a street improvement shall be paid by the City, unless such street to be improved shall have been previously graded to an established grade, curbing set and the roadway of said s...
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