Nelsonville City Council votes to send an initiative to the November ballot that would change the city's government
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Under court orders, the Nelsonville City Council on Monday voted unanimously to place an initiative on the ballot that would change the city’s government.
Now it’s up to the Athens County Board of Elections to determine whether the initiative received enough signatures to qualify for the November election.
The board has reached out to its legal counsel for guidance on this decision, said Deputy Director Tony Brooks.
The initiative would abolish the city charter and return Nelsonville to the government it had 30 years ago, when the city’s administration was run by an elected mayor independent of the City Council. Under the charter, the administration is run by a city manager who is hired, and can be fired, by the council.
The council had for months refused to send the initiative to the elections board for placement on the ballot. It argues the wrong procedure was used by the residents behind the initiative.
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