City Council - Special Meeting

Okay, wir sind live. Also, einen schönen guten Nachmittag an alle. Wir eröffnen hiermit die Sondersitzung des Stadtrats von Akran. Ich bitte nun unsere Schriftführerin, die Anwesenheitsliste durchzugehen.

All members are present, except Council Member Kammer.

Thank you very much. The petitioners have submitted three separate sentences from petitions to the City Council of Akran to change the City Settlement of Akran The signatures on all these petitions were checked by the election committee and each petition meets section 136 of the sentence, the requirements for submission by the voters. According to their obligations, our editor-in-chief has entrusted the petitions to us, the council members of AKRAN, Since these petitions have been approved, we must assign the provision of this proposed amendment to the voters. Correct. And this is our duty according to the amendment. Therefore, the preceding ordinance will not go through the regular legislative procedure, but will be advised directly by the city council without going to a committee. I now ask our writer to read point number 1 of the agenda. Point number 1 is an order to authorize and instruct the draft of a proposal to change the city setting of Akran. By the voters of the city of Akran through the enforcement of section 101b, on which the next regular city-wide election is to be voted on on November 3, 2026, as well as the declaration of an emergency.

Vielen Dank. Ich bitte nun um einen Antrag zur Verabschiedung von Punkt Nummer 1. So beantragt.

Gibt es einen Unterstützer?

Unterstützer.

Alle, die dafür sind, bekunden dies bitte mit einem Ja.

Ja.

Und da wir virtuell tagen, werden wir einfach die Namen aufrufen. Danke. Walden.

Connor. Davis. Garrett, Bria, Hanna, Lombardo, Makedre, Amobian, Somerville, and Wilson. Yes. This order was adopted with 12 to 0 votes. Point number 2 is an order for authorization and indication of the draft proposal for the change of the city setting of Akran by the voters of the city of Akran through the enforcement of section 100a, over which the next regular city-wide election should be decided on November 3, 2026, as well as the declaration of an emergency. Okay, thank you very much.

Now to point number two. At the request of the plaintiff, there is a change that you would like to make, and this change was also approved by our judge, Brian Angelone. I would now like to give our writer the opportunity to read out the wording of this change. Gladly.

This changes, um, let me find the section. Excuse me. The change that is applied here concerns the voicemail on the ballot. It should be there. The settlement of the city of Akron should be changed so that section 100a will be issued to include the existing codified anti-discrimination protection regulations of the city of Akron in the settlement. Secondly, with the exception of sexual offenders and arsonists, owners and operators are to be fined for rent or real estate transactions with a person due to their criminal past, such as arrest, conviction or imprisonment, whereby people with a criminal past similar to race, gender, sexual orientation and other existing protected groups in relation to rent, house sales and other real estate businesses are treated as a protected group. Okay, Sarah, thank you for reading that. So, once again, this is a change according to the petition's application. As I said, the Director of Justice has already approved this change. Oh. I therefore ask for an application to accept the change.

I ask for an application. Please add a second one. Thank you. We will now proceed with the call-up.

I have a question.

Yes, both.

Ah yes. Was this included in the original petition that was submitted?

We have Brian online with us so that he can answer this question for you.

So, the proposed word for the ballot was designed by the legal department itself. Die tatsächlichen Änderungen an der Satzung und der gesamte in Abschnitt 2 dieser Verordnung enthaltene Text waren alle Teil der Petition. Dieser Wortlaut für den Stimmzettel war nicht Teil der Petition. Dies ist etwas, das wir dem Wahlausschuss im Rahmen dieses Prozesses vorlegen, damit er entscheiden kann, wie dies auf dem Stimmzettel beschrieben wird. That's what the voters will get to see. Ultimately, it is up to the election committee and the Secretary of State to approve this word. So it's more of a suggestion than a binding requirement. For the committee itself, itself. The change here was simple. The word that was originally proposed spoke of limited exceptions. And this one here now specifically names which exceptions they are, namely exceptions for sexual offenders and arsonists. So they are not included in the determination mentioned here, the criminal history, which is part of it. I'm not sure if that answers your question, but I hope so.

Um also bei den Petitionen, die Sie herausgegeben haben, klar zu sein, dort stand begrenzte Ausnahme. Nur Ihnen schließe, es enthielt nicht genau diese Formulierung. Dieser Wortlaut stand überhaupt nicht auf der Petition. Dies ist nicht Teil dessen, was Sie unterschrieben haben, sondern jetzt anders, weil der Petent es ändern möchte.

Nein, das ist nicht korrekt. Dieser Wortlaut, dieser vorgeschlagene Text für den Stimmzettel stand überhaupt nicht in der Petition. This is something that we have written ourselves. We have included this in our ordinance. Normally, this is a wording proposal that you submit to the election authority. The election authority ultimately decides what this text will end up on the ballot.

Well, I think my concern is when the people signed it and there was a lot of information on these sheets. And I bet most of them probably didn't read all of them. But the fact is, they signed it. You have signed something. What we present to you now and what is on the ballot is something different from what was signed. That's all I'm saying.

That's not quite right either. That's the word for the ballot. It's never on a petition. It's never on a petition. This is a word that is suggested by the community itself as part of this process. All right.

Thank you.

Thank you. Council Member Wilson.

Danke, Frau Präsidentin. Vielleicht zur Klärung. Es gibt die Petition, die von den Leuten unterschrieben wird, um vor uns zu kommen. Und dann, um nur zu wiederholen, was Brian Bramer gerade sagte, gibt es den Wortlaut für den Stimmzettel, den die Rechtsabteilung auslegt und entwirft. Richtig? Die Petition? Ich habe sie auch vor mir liegen. The petition that everyone signed, 3,000, 4,000 people signed it, states that this exception exists for sexual offenders and arsonists. According to the legal department, the originally proposed word did not include these two specific exceptions that everyone agreed to when they signed their petition. This change that the president makes is to further clarify the two exceptions for fire fighters and sexual offenders on the ballot, so that the voters know exactly what the two only exceptions are that have been determined in the signature of the documents. I hope that's a little clearer. The applicant has explicitly asked that the voters know exactly what they vote for and what these limited exceptions look like.

Stadtrat Wilson, vielen Dank für diese Klarstellung. Stadträtin Amobian, ich sehe Ihre Meldung.

Ich glaube, Stadtrat Wilson hat geantwortet.

Ich habe heute Morgen auch mit Brian Angelone gesprochen und es geht im Grunde um eine Klärung dieser Ausnahmen.

Okay, perfekt. Ich möchte nur sicher gehen, gibt es zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch weitere Fragen? Okay, wir haben bereits einen Antrag und eine Unterstützung dazu vorliegen. Wir kommen nun zur namentlichen Abstimmung. Biden.

Beuys. Conor. Davis. Garrett. Rhea. Hannah. Lombaro. Miketich. Amobian. Somerville. This regulation was adopted in the changed version with 12 to 0 votes. Regulation 3 is a regulation that approves the proposal for the change of section 68a of the City Council of Akran to the voters of the City of Akran and advises that the next regular city-wide election should be voted on on November 3, 2026 and that it should be declared an emergency. Thank you very much. I now ask for a request for dismissal.

Antrag gestimmt.

Gibt es eine Unterstützung?

Unterstützt.

Amtliche Abstimmung.

Biden. Conor. Davis. Garrett. Brea. Hannah. Lombardo. Bakidic.

Somerville. This resolution was adopted with a vote of 12 to 0. Thank you.

Before you conclude, I just wanted to avoid it. I would like to clarify, I believe the second resolution was approved, but only to avoid confusion. Could we make sure that an application for the approval of the changed version is submitted? I believe the application was actually only for changes. We have to apply for the change and conclude the approval of the changed version. I just want to make sure that we don't overlook anything.

Very good. So let's go back to point two of the agenda. If our protocol leader simply reads out our changes, we will formally ensure that we have voted on the changed text.

Point number two of the agenda is an ordinance that approves the proposal to change the setting of the city of Akran. It is approved by the voters of Akran and advises through the implementation of section 100a, which is to be voted on at the next regular city-wide election on November 3, 2026, and explains an emergency.

Vielen herzlichen Dank. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt bitte ich um einen Antrag auf Verabschiedung der Änderung.

Antrag gestellt. Unterstützt.

Namentliche Abstimmung.

Holden. Boyce. Conner. Davis. Garrett.

Brea.

Hanna. Lombardo. Mkhitaryan. Ammoubian. Somerville. Wilson. The resolution in the changed version will be adopted with a vote of 12 to 0. Brian Beamer, is there anything else before we end the session?

Uh, no, Mrs. President, I'm done interrupting.

No, no, no. Thank you. Because we want to make sure we're doing it right. We know you appreciate that very much. So the session is now adjourned.

Dies beendet die Live-Übertragung des Stadtrats von Akran. Margot Somerville, Ratsvorsitzende, führt den Vorsitz.