City of Lakewood Charter

Current Charter

The Second Amended Charter [ http://www.ci.lakewood.oh.us/citygovern_council_charter.html ]

SECTION 6. AMENDMENTS.
Amendments to this Charter may be submitted to the electors of the City by a two-thirds vote of the Council, and, upon petitions signed by ten percent (10%) of the electors of the City setting forth any such proposed amendment, shall be submitted by such Council. The submission of a proposed amendment to the electors shall be governed by the requirements of Article XVIII, Sections 8 and 9 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio as to the submission of the question of choosing a charter commission; and notice of the proposed amendment may be mailed to the electors as provided by the Constitution or, pursuant to ordinances adopted by the Council, notice of the proposed amendments may be given by newspaper advertising. If any such amendment is approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall become a part of the Charter of the Municipality, except that if two or more inconsistent amendments on the same subject are submitted at the same election, only the one of such amendments receiving the largest affirmative vote, not less than a majority of the electors voting thereon, shall become a part of this Charter. A copy of said Charter or any amendment thereto shall be certified to the Secretary of State within thirty (30) days after the adoption by a vote of the electors.

SECTION 8. CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
In January of 2004 and of each tenth year thereafter, nine electors of the City shall be appointed as members of a Charter Review Commission pursuant to this Section. Five members of the Commission shall be appointed by Council, and four members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor. Members of the Commission shall not hold any other office or position of employment with the City. The Commission shall review the Charter and within six months after the appointment of its members, may recommend to Council by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Commission, revisions and amendments to this Charter. Council may submit any proposed amendments recommended by the Commission to a vote of the people in the manner provided under this Charter and the State Constitution. Such amendments shall be in the form as provided by Council.

Documents from the Lakewood Charter Review Commission, July, 2004-

Charter Comparison [pdf]
Report to City Council On the Proposed Changes to the Charter [pdf]
Unofficial copy of the proposed Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, “blacklined” [pdf]
(with {deletions} and [additions]) in an effort to highlight proposed changes to the existing Charter.

This version of the document was produced with CompareRite software, using the electronic version of the source documents available at www.lkwdpl.org. In reviewing this type of document, please note that certain Charter provisions shown as {deleted} might well have been [added] elsewhere (see, for example, existing Article XII, Section 9, moved to proposed Article XXII, Section 1), or might already appear in large part elsewhere (compare, for example, existing Article II, Section 2, with proposed Article XXIII, Section 3).

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