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For the purpose of establishing qualifications of and nominating and electing officers and all purposes connected therewith, applicable sections of this Charter amendment shall take effect from and after the date of the approval by the electors. All other sections shall take effect from and after the first business day of January, 1994, unless a particular Charter section requires action to be taken prior to that date. All sections of this Charter not amended or repealed here by and not inconsistent therewith shall remain and continue in full force and effect. Unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent, and except with respect to the appointment or removal of the City Auditor, the Clerk of Council or other Council employees, effective on the first business day of January, 1994, and thereafter, whenever this Charter provides that a matter shall be authorized by the Council, or approved by the Council, or that Council shall take certain action, such authorization, approval or action shall mean authorizing, approving or acting pursuant to a duly enacted ordinance or resolution in conformity with sections 43A and 43B hereof.
(Amended by electors 11-3-92)
All officers and employees holding office at the time of the 1992 Charter amendment shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been otherwise made in accordance with this Charter amendment for the performance or discontinuance of the duties of any such office. When such provision shall have been made, the term of any such officer or employee shall expire and the office be deemed abolished. The powers and duties which are conferred and imposed upon any officer, employee, commission, board or department of the City under the laws of the State or the City shall, if modified or abolished by this Charter amendment, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the officer, employee, board or department upon whom are imposed corresponding functions, powers and duties under this Charter as amended. Following the approval of the 1992 Charter amendment by the electors, the Council may pass any ordinance or resolution, to be operative on and after the first business day of January, 1994, designed to carry out the provisions of this Charter amendment.
(Added by electors 11-3-92)
All contracts entered into by the City prior to the 1992 Charter amendment shall continue in full force and effect. All public work begun prior to this Charter amendment shall be continued and perfected hereunder. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws in force prior to the time this Charter amendment takes effect shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such legislation.
(Added by electors 11-3-92)
If any section or part of a section of this Charter proves to be invalid, the same shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force, or effect of any other section or part of a section of this Charter, unless it clearly appears that such other section or part of a section is wholly or necessarily dependent for its operation upon the section or part of a section so held invalid.
(Added by electors 11-3-92)
Not later than December 15, 1992, the Mayor shall, with the approval of Council, appoint a Charter Revision Committee consisting of fifteen (15) electors of the City, who shall serve without compensation. The Mayor shall appoint from the members of the Committee a Chairperson, Vice-chairperson and Secretary; and the Mayor shall appoint a replacement for any committee member who may not complete his or her term. Initially, five (5) members of the Committee shall be appointed to terms of one (1) year, five (5) to terms of two (2) years, and five (5) to terms of three (3) years. All subsequent appointments, except to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term, shall be for a full term of three (3) years.
The Committee shall meet upon the call of the Chairperson, Vice-chairperson or any eight (8) members thereof, and shall adopt rules regulating its deliberations. The Committee may conduct public hearings on matters under consideration. All meetings of the Committee shall be in compliance with open public meeting laws of the State of Ohio. All books, records, papers, and other information obtained or produced by the Committee shall be public records of the City, and shall be retained under the supervision of the Clerk of Council.
The Committee shall have the power to employ experts, constituents, and other staff as authorized by appropriate legislation, all of whom shall not be deemed employees of the City but independent contractors. The Mayor shall arrange forsuitable accommodations to facilitate the duties of the Committee.
The purposes of the Committee shall be to review this Charter in detail, as well as possible amendments to the Charter and recommend changes that it deems appropriate, which shall be presented to Council by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members of the Committee. The Committee shall submit periodic reports to the Mayor and Council in order that the Mayor, the Council and the public shall be informed of its activities. Council shall during the sixty (60) days following receipt of any recommendation of the Committee conduct not less than two (2) public hearings on any resolution submitting any proposed Charter amendment to the electorate, and the full text of any proposed Charter amendment shall be published five (5) days prior to each public hearing in a newspaper published in the City. If no newspaper is published in the City, the such publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation within the City. Any recommended Charter amendments presented to Council by the Committee may be accepted or rejected in whole or in part by Council. Any resolution for Charter amendments passed by two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members of Council shall be submitted to the electors of the City in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 5 of this Charter.
(Amended by electors 11-7-00)
Notwithstanding Section 86 of this Charter and any initiative or referendum proceeding heretofore taken, the Council may by appropriate legislation terminate the operation, reduce the capacity or otherwise regulate the use or disposition of the House of Corrections or any other penal or correctional facility of the City.
(Added by electors 11-7-95)