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Whitehall Council accepts reconsideration requests, tables three ordinances to June 17 after referendum petitions certified
Summary
Following certified referendum petitions, the council accepted motions to reconsider three recently passed ordinances and voted to table them to a June 17 date certain; city attorney had earlier notified council that petitions were sufficient and the ordinances remain not enacted until voters act.
City Attorney Nick Ademus notified the Whitehall City Council on May 7 that referendum petitions filed April 30 for ordinances 9-20-25, 10-20-25 and 11-20-25 were forwarded to the Franklin County Board of Elections for signature verification and were later certified sufficient; Ademus said the petitions met charter requirements and, “the petitions are sufficient and therefore ordinances 9-20-25, 10-20-25, 11-20-25 are not enacted until approved by the voters.”
During the public-comment portion, attorney Mike Shannon, representing JDS…
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