November Election Ballot Questions.

I found this list of questions on the Butler County Elections site. Here is what we can expect to be voting on come November. The First three are state issues the rest are Middletown.

ISSUE 1 – STATE
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
(Provide Compensation to Veterans)

 
ISSUE 2 – STATE
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
(Create the Ohio Livestock Care Standards/Poultry)

ISSUE 3 – STATE
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
(To allow for casinos in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo)




ISSUE 5
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article I, Section 6 be added to the Charter of the City of Middletown to make gender references in the City Charter applicable to both genders?

(Runs in 36 precincts – MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

ISSUE 6
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article II, Section 5 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to reduce the required number of meetings of City Council from a minimum of two each month to one each month?

(Runs in 36 precincts – MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

ISSUE 7
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article II, Section 11 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to permit the annual report of City Council to be prepared other than in pamphlet form; to be on file at the public library; and to be available to any member of the public at the office of the Clerk of Council?

(Runs in 36 precincts – MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

ISSUE 8
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article III, Section 2 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to eliminate the residency requirement for the City Manager?

(Runs in 36 precincts – MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

ISSUE 9
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article III, Section 3 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to eliminate the requirement that all appointments and removals of employees by the City Manager of the City be subject to the advice and consent of City Council?

(Runs in 36 precincts – MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

ISSUE 10
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article IV, Section 3 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to

Continue to require that the title of legislation be published between its first and second reading; but eliminate that such publication be in a newspaper of general circulation?

(Runs in 36 precincts – MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

ISSUE 11
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article V of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended effective January 1, 2010 to eliminate reference to specific boards and commissions in the Charter and to permit the City Council to create boards and commissions and establish the size of membership, length of term of members and the method of appointing members of such boards and commissions, including the Board of Health, the Board of Library Trustees and the Civil Service Commission?

(Runs in 36 precincts – MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

ISSUE 12
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article VI, Section 2 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to increase the number of words permitted in a recall rebuttal statement; require the rebuttal statement to be made available to the public; and eliminate the requirement that the rebuttal statement be mailed by the Clerk of City Council to each registered voter of the City?

(Runs in 36 precincts – MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

ISSUE 13
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article VIII, Section 4 of the Charter of the City of Middletown relating to the sinking fund be repealed?

(Runs in 36 precincts – MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

ISSUE 24
SPECIAL ELECTION BY PETITION
LOCAL OPTION ELECTION

Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor, of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this City of Middletown, precinct MIDD3WD4 for consumption on the premises where sold, between the hours of ten a.m. and midnight on Sunday?

(Runs in 1 precinct:MIDD3WD4)

ISSUE 26
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Shall Article II, Section 2 and first paragraph of Article II, Section 3 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to provide for the election of five (5) members of City Council (reduced from the present number of seven (7) members), consisting of a mayor and four (4) members, all of whom would be elected at-large (amended from the present system where four members of City Council are elected from wards of the city), effective beginning with the general election of 2013?

(Runs in 36 precincts: MIDD1WD1 THROUGH MIDD11WD3)

Issue 1- new to me too Hermes.
Issue 5- make all charter references gender neutral. Sure, why not.
Issue 6- At the rate city council makes decisions, they could meet everyday of the month and not accomplish anything. Taking it from two meetings a month to one probably won't help them.
Issue 8- Does being a resident help the performance of a city manager? Probably depends more on ability to manage a city than where one lives, right?
Issue 9- Do you want the city manager to do the hiring and firing alone or do you want council input? If the city manager does this alone, the public may never know who's coming and going and it's the taxpayer's money that is footing the bills on this. IMO, need to publicize who is sitting where in the city building. Public has a right to know as Gilleland seems to be a sneaky s--- sometimes.
Issue 11- Oh he-- no. You don't want Council to control anything if at all possible- especially appointing members of boards/commissions. Allowing them to do this only helps in their control of the "club".
Issue 13- sinking fund? What is this? Mike- Pacman- help!!!
Issue 26- Nope! No reduction of the number of councilmembers. Only helps the club condense, sponsor and make easier to finance and win to maintain control of their little empire. Need to break that crap up and put the club boys on the outside looking in on city operation and decisions. Don't see it, but no ward elimination either- same reason as above. JMO

This is from the June 1 Charter Review Committee Notes:

As for the city manager having to live inside Middeltown I think is the only way to go. A manager should have to live where they are making the decisions. Only seems appropriate. 

Got $500 from the state after I got back from Nam in 1970. This sounds like a good one to me.