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Council President Cherry
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Providing for the submission to the electors of the City of Toledo at a special election on November 8, 2022, an amendment to the Charter of the City of Toledo; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
On April 27, 2022, the Charter Revision Committee submitted to City Council a proposed amendment to the Charter of the City of Toledo. On July 18, 2022, the Charter Revision Committee submitted to Council an additional proposed amendment. The initial proposed amendment was published in The Blade on June 9, 2022, and June 10, 2022, and the additional amendment was published in The Blade on July 21, 2022, and July 28, 2022. City Council held public hearings on the Committee's initial proposed amendment on June 14 and June 15, 2022. City Council held public hearings on the Committee's additional proposed amendment on August 3, 2022, and August 4, 2022.
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 a special election to be held on November 8, 2022.
SECTION 2. That the Charter of the City of Toledo, Section 5 which presently reads as follows:
Section 5. Amending Charter.
Any amendment to this Charter may be submitted to the electors of the City for adoption by resolution of the Council, two-thirds of the members thereof concurring, and shall be submitted when a petition is filed with the Clerk of the Council setting forth the proposed amendment and signed by not less than ten percent of the electors. In either case, the proposed amendment shall be voted upon at the next regular municipal election if one shall occur not less than sixty, nor more than one hundred and twenty days after the passage of a resolution therefor by the Council. Otherwise, a special election shall be called and held within the time aforesaid for the consid...
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