City of Stow - Proposed Charter Amendment Election Notice Notice is given that pursuant Ordinance 2025-105 and 2025-106 as recommended by the 2025 Charter Review Commission and as adopted by the Council of the City of Stow, OH on August 7, 2025; the following proposed Charter Amendments will be submitted to the electors of said City at the election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at the regular places of voting in the City during the regular hours of voting on such date as described by general law and shall appear as the following two (2) Ballot Issues. In full text of the Charter provisions Sect. 4.12, Sect. 20.01 and Sect. 20.02; as amended by the passage of said Ballot Issue will read as follows. (Proposed additions are in bold and deletions are stricken with a line through them.) ISSUE 42. Charter Issue—Shall Section 4.12, “PUBLIC NOTICE”, of the Charter for the City of Stow be amended to read as follows: SECTION 4.12 PUBLIC NOTICE. Unless precluded by law from so doing, public notice, as required by law, or by this Charter, or by resolution or ordinance, shall be given resolutions, ordinances, statements, notices, measures, orders, proclamations and reports in the manner determined by Council, except that if public posting be selected as the medium, then a public posting on the City’s website and any other social media platforms utilized by the City for notice purposes, and not less than 6 3 public places in the Municipality shall be established for such public posting. Council shall cause each resolution and ordinance to be given public notice commencing not later than 10 days after its first reading in the event that the rule requiring three readings is not suspended, and like public notice shall be given each resolution and ordinance after its adoption and approval by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor, or upon its passage after veto by the Mayor, as the case may be. ISSUE 43. Charter Issue—Shall Section Article 20, “Charter Review Commission,” of the Charter for the City of Stow be amended to read as follows: SECTION 20.01 COMPOSITION AND TERM.  In January, 1980, and each 5 years thereafter, the Mayor shall, with confirmation by Council appoint, by the last City Council meeting in January of the year in which the Charter Review Commission shall convene, a commission of 7 qualified electors of the Municipality holding no other office or appointment in this Municipality, as members of a Charter Review Commission to serve until their duties as provided in Section 20.02 are completed. The members shall serve without compensation. Special Charter Review Commissions may be established by Council when necessary, with appointments to be made by the Mayor and confirmed by Council. SECTION 20.02 DUTIES. The Charter Review Commission shall, in meetings open to the public, review the municipal Charter, and, no later than August 1July 1 of the same year, recommend to Council such amendments, if any, to this Charter as in its judgement are conducive to the public interest. ABJ-11735788: 10/12/2025 and 10/19/2025