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CITY OF BEAVERCREEK 

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT

ELECTION NOTICE

NOTICE is given that pursuant to Ordinance No. 24-14, adopted by the City Council of the City of Beavercreek on July 22, 2024, the following proposed Charter Amendment will be submitted to the electors of the City of Beavercreek at the election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at the regular places of voting in the City during the regular hours of voting as determined by the Board of Elections and shall appear as the following Ballot Issue. 

The full text of the Charter provision, if it is amended by the passage of said Ballot Issue, will read as follows, with the proposed additions to the Charter provision shown in bold print and  underlined and the proposed deletions shown by strikethrough. 

BALLOT ISSUE #3

Shall the Charter of the Municipality of Beavercreek, Ohio be amended to change the term limitations for the Mayor and members of Council from two (2) to three (3) four-year consecutive terms in office, regardless of whether the office held is that of Mayor, Council Member, or some combination of those offices? 

FULL TEXT OF PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT

(with proposed additions shown in bold print and underlined and deletions in strikethrough)

SECTION 4.02.     SELECTION; TERM.

Six (6) Council members shall be elected as Council members at large to four (4) year terms on a rotation of three (3) members selected in one election and three (3) members selected in the next. This rotation will begin with three (3) persons being selected at the 2019 November general election and three (3) selected at the 2021 November general election and will continue at the November general election in subsequent off-numbered years. The Mayor shall be selected by separate ballot to a four (4) year term beginning at the 2019 November general election and each four (4) years thereafter.

(A)       Term Limitation.

(1)    In no case except as set forth in this subparagraph shall any person be elected to either the office of Council member, Mayor, or a combination of the two offices, for more than two (2) three (3) consecutive terms of four (4) years each; provided that the term served in filling a vacancy or unexpired term shall not be considered as part of the two (2) three (3) consecutive terms of four (4) years each. If a Council member is elected to the office of Mayor during their second term as a Council member, they shall be allowed to serve the full term as Mayor, not to exceed ten (10) years.

(2)    Following the election to two (2) three (3) consecutive terms as either Council member, Mayor, or a combination of the two offices, no person shall immediately thereafter be eligible for election to either office, or a combination thereof, until a period of one (1) term consisting of four (4) years has elapsed.

(3)    No person who has been elected to two (2) consecutive terms as Council member, Mayor, or a combination of the two offices, shall be appointed to fill a vacancy or unexpired term until a period of one (1) term consisting of four (4) years has elapsed since that same person last held office as either Council member, or Mayor or combination thereof.

(4)    Present members already elected to more than two (2) consecutive terms as either Council member, Mayor, or a combination of the two offices, shall finish the present term to which they were elected.

This proposed Charter Amendment shall become effective from the time of its approval by the electors and shall apply to all present Council members and Mayor.

This document is available during normal working hours at the office of the Finance Department, Beavercreek City Hall, 1368 Research Park Drive, Beavercreek, OH 45432 or can be found on the City’s website at www.beavercreekohio.gov.  

To be advertised in Xenia Daily Gazette on October 1, 2024 with a notarized affidavit furnished to City of Beavercreek Department of Finance simultaneously accompanied by the statement.