(a) There shall be a review of the Charter by a Charter Review Commission beginning in the calendar year of 1973 and each and every five years thereafter. The Charter Review Commission shall consist of nine (9) members, including at least one member from each ward, all of whom shall be residents of the Municipality of at least two (2) or more years immediately preceding their appointment. Five (5) of the members shall be appointed by the Mayor, and four (4) of the members (one from each ward) shall be appointed by the City Council. The Council of the City of Avon Lake, Ohio shall submit to the electors, not later than the next succeeding regular election, any proposed alterations, revisions or amendments to the Charter by a majority vote of the appointed members of the Charter Review Commission.
(Enacted 11-7-72; Amended 11-3-98; 11-4-03; 11-2-04; 11-8-05; 11-4-08)
(b) The Council may by a vote of at least five (5) of its members, submit to the electors of the Municipality amendments to this Charter; and, upon petition being presented to Council setting forth a proposed amendment, signed by not less than that number of resident, qualified electors of the Municipality which equals fifteen (15) per cent of the number of registered, qualified electors of the Municipality on the date of the last election in the Municipality as determined by the Board of Elections of Lorain County, Ohio, such proposed amendment shall be submitted to the electors of the Municipality for adoption or rejection. The submission of a proposed amendment to the electors shall be governed by the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, and to such extent as the Constitution shall fail to provide therefor, the Council shall determine the manner of such submission. If any amendment so submitted is approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, its provisions shall be incorporated into this Charter; except that if two (2) or more inconsistent amendments on the same subject matter are submitted at the same election, only the one receiving the largest affirmative vote, not less than a majority, of the votes cast on the subject matter, shall become incorporated into this Charter.
(c) The Charter Review Commission shall be appointed by February 1 of the calendar year in which it is to serve and the Charter Review Commission shall serve for a term not longer than one (1) year. The first meeting of the Charter Review Commission shall take place not later than thirty (30) days after the Charter Review Commission has been appointed.
(Enacted 11-3-98; Amended 11-6-18)