Certified questions, issues for Lake County

A list of certified questions and issues set to appear on the Nov. 2 general election ballot in Lake County.

The following is the list of certified questions and issues set to appear on the Nov. 2 general election ballot in Lake County.

Lakeland Community College

10-year, 1.5-mil renewal levy for operating costs, purchasing furnishings, equipment and construction and improvement of property

Lake Metroparks

10-year, 0.8-mill renewal levy with an increase of 0.4 mills for operating, maintaining, protecting, land acquisition and park development

Eastlake

5-year, 1.8-mill renewal levy for current operating expenses

Kirtland

5-year, 0.85-mill renewal levy for senior citizen recreation facilities and programs

Wickliffe

A proposed charter amendment stating, “No action of the Council which authorizes a change in the zoning classification or district of any property, or a change in the uses permitted in any zoning classification or district, or a change in the use of any property in the City of Wickliffe shall be approved unless and until it shall have been submitted to the Planning Commission, for approval or disapproval, nor shall it be approved or passed as an emergency measure. No said action shall be passed or adopted until it has been read on three separate days and received a two- thirds affirmative vote of all members elected to Council.”

Wickliffe

Proposal rezoning 1522 E. 289th St. from General Business to One-Family Residential District.

Willoughby

5-year, 0.9-mill renewal levy for current expenses

Willoughby

5-year, 2-mill renewal for general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, and repair of streets, roads, and bridges

Willoughby Hills

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Shall Article I, The Municipality of the Charter of Willoughby Hills be amended to add Section 1.5 — INDEMNIFICATION and thereby provide that any public official, employee, volunteer, agent or representative of the Municipality while in the lawful exercise of their official duties shall not incur and are relieved from all personal civil liability?”

Willoughby Hills

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Shall Article II, Sub-Section 2.21- Appointments to Office and Removals from Office of the Charter of Willoughby Hills, be amended to provide that the Mayor shall have the sole authority to hire, supervise and fire only employees under his supervision which does not include Council Members or the Council Clerk unless provided to the contrary in the Charter?”

Willoughby Hills

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Shall Article II, Section 2.24- Annual Budget of the Charter of Willoughby Hills be amended to increase to sixty (60) days and eliminate the current thirty (30) days for the Mayor to submit the Annual Budget to Council prior to its adoption and submission to the County Budget Commission?”

Willoughby Hills

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Shall Article III, SubSection 3.24- Vacancies in the Council of the Charter of Willoughby Hills be amended to prohibit any past or present Council member serving within one hundred eighty (180) days to be appointed to any Council vacancy?”

Willoughby Hills

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Duties and Responsibilities of Section 5.5- CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION of the Charter of Willoughby Hills be amended to limit the Commission’s review and confirmation of credentials in a candidate’s application for employment by the Municipality to classified employment positions only?”

Willoughby Hills

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Shall Article VIII, SubSection 8.21-Nominations of the Charter of Willoughby Hills be amended to remove the nominating petition minimum requirement of twenty-five signatures and require individual nominating petitions for Municipal Elective Office to require at least one percent (1%) for Council Member candidates and at least four percent (4%) for Mayoral candidates of the number of electors voting in the last general Municipal election?”

Willoughby Hills

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Shall Article VIII, SubSection 8.23- Recall of the Charter of Willoughby Hills be amended to provide that at least twenty percent (20%) of the number of electors voting in the last general Municipal election must sign a petition for recall of any person holding an elective office instead of twenty five percent (25%) of the electorate signing the petition?”

Willoughby Hills

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Shall Article VIII, SubSection 8.31- Elections of the Charter of Willoughby Hills be amended to eliminate a runoff election on the sixth Tuesday immediately following general municipal election between the leading two vote getters for Mayor in the event no mayoral candidate receives a majority of the vote?”

Willoughby Hills

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Proposed Charter Amendment #9 — Shall Article IX, Sub-Section 9.31- Removal by the Mayor of the Charter Willoughby Hills be amended to authorize the Mayor to remove any officer or employee to whom he may appoint a successor, unless otherwise provided to the contrary in the Charter, for violation of any of the Charter requirements stated in Section 9.2?”

Willowick

5-year, 0.5-mill renewal levy for parks and recreational purposes

Willowick

Proposed charter amendment stating, “Shall Article III, titled The Council, (Section 3.15, Effective Date of Ordinances or Resolutions) of the Charter of the City of Willowick, Ohio, be amended to provide that the Council shall have the power to approve a change in the existing Municipal Zoning Map or change in the use of the property from the uses presently authorized by the existing zoning code?”

Concord Township

5-year, 2,7-mill renewal levy for providing and maintaining fire apparatus, appliances, buildings or sites therefor, or sources of water supply and materials therefor, or the establishment and maintenance or lines of fire alarm telegraph, the payment of permanent, part-time, or volunteer firefighters or firefighting companies to operate the same, including the payment of the firefighters employer’s contribution required under Section 742.34 of the Ohio Revised Code, or to purchase ambulance equipment, or to provide ambulance or emergency medical services operated by a fire department or firefighting company

Madison Township

5-year, 1.9-mill renewal levy for police

Perry Township (for Perry Joint Fire District)

5-year, 2.9-mill renewal levy for providing and maintaining a fire department, and the payment of permanent, part-time, or volunteer firefighters, including the payment of the firefighter employers contribution required under section 145.48 or 742.34 of the Revised Code and/or the provision of ambulance, paramedic, or other emergency medical services

Fairport Harbor Schools

A $5 million bond levy (estimated 3.9 mills) for the purpose of constructing, furnishing, equipping, adding to, renovating, remodeling, rehabilitating, and otherwise improving school district buildings and facilities, and clearing, equipping and otherwise improving real estate for school district purposes, to be repaid annually over a maximum period of 36 years. Plus a 0.5-mill levy for a continuing period of time to provide funds for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, renovation, and financing of general permanent improvements.

Willoughby-Eastlake Schools

10-year, $8.75 million (estimated 5.1 mills) renewal levy for emergency requirements