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Notice of Election on Proposition Ohio Const. Art

Notice of Election on Proposition Ohio Const. Art. XVIII §9; R.C. 7.16 Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Hamilton, Ohio passed on the 12th day of August, 2020, there will be submitted to a vote of the people of City of Hamilton at the General Election to be held at the regular places of voting on Tuesday, the 3rd day of November, 2020, the question of Shall Article III, Sections 3.11 be amended and a new Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Hamilton be established to clarify that resolutions of City Council are generally effective immediately and to establish the ability of the City to publish public hearing notices on the City's website or other electronic media instead of publication via newspaper when allowed by law? Full text of the proposed amendment is as follows ARTICLE III THE COUNCIL 3.11 When Ordinances and Resolutions Take Effect Appropriation ordinances and resolutions, ordinances and resolutions pertaining to local improvements and assessments, ordinances and resolutions providing for or directing any investigation of City affairs, ordinances or resolutions requesting information from administrative officers or directing administrative action, and emergency measures, shall be in effect from and after their passage by the Council unless some other time is specified therein. All other resolutions passed by Council shall take effect immediately upon passage; all other ordinances passed by the Council shall be in effect from and after thirty days from the date of their passage except those in which a later date for taking effect is specified. Ordinances adopted by vote of the electors shall take effect at the time indicated therein or, if no time is specified, then thirty days after their adoption. An emergency measure is an ordinance or resolution to provide for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health or safety, in which the emergency claimed is set forth and defined in the ordinance or resolution. The affirmative vote of at least five members of Council shall be required to pass any ordinance or resolution as an emergency measure. No measure making or amending a grant, renewal or extension of a franchise or other special privilege shall be passed as an emergency measure. ARTICLE III THE COUNCIL 3.13 Publication for Public Hearings A public hearing required by law to be published by the City shall be published electronically on the City's website or in a newspaper of general circulation in the City or may be supplemented with other electronic media generally available to the public. The polls for the election will open at 6:30 a.m. and remain open until 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. By order of the City of Hamilton, Ohio Patrick G. Mueller, Mayor Daniel Tidyman, Acting City Clerk October 25, 2020 10-25/2020
October 25, 2020
November 3, 2020
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