SECTION 10.05. LEASE OF HOSPITAL FACILITIES.

   Notwithstanding any other provisions of this charter, including any other provision of this Article X, the City may, upon the approval of Council and the majority of the voters of the City voting thereon at any general election, and where the City has entered into participatory agreement with a joint township hospital district board or with a board of County Commissioners, upon the approval of such district or county board, lease all or any portion of the land, buildings, and other facilities of the hospital for use as hospital facilities to a corporation organized for a charitable purpose and not for profit, duly empowered to own or operate a hospital or hospital facilities in the State of Ohio.

   Any such lease shall be negotiated by Council and submitted to voters of the City for their approval at any general election. This lease shall be negotiated in accordance with the general laws of the State of Ohio and shall provide that all corporation members shall reside in the political subdivisions which constitute the hospital district. Legislation for said lease shall be presented at three regular meetings of Council. The authorizations contained in this Section 10.05 are in addition to but not a limitation upon any authorizations granted by or pursuant to the general laws of the State of Ohio for the same or similar purposes.

(Amended 11-4-80)