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Hamilton County, OH November 3, 1998 General
Issue 11
County Charter-Broadway Commons
County of Hamilton

Proposed by Petition

94,982 / 35% Yes votes ...... 175,604 / 64% No votes

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Shall a County Charter for Hamilton County be adopted? All provisions establishing the operation of government in and for Hamilton County, Ohio, as currently set forth or as hereinafter enacted in the Ohio Constitution, the Ohio Revised Code and other laws and regulations in and for the State of Ohio are hereby adopted. Except as specifically modified below, this Charter shall confer no greater or lesser powers on behalf of or in favor of Hamilton County, Ohio, including its Board of County Commissioners. Any new stadium constructed, in whole or in part, for major league baseball, and to be funded, in whole or in part, by a sales tax approved by electors of Hamilton County, Ohio, on March 19, 1996, shall be located generally in the area north of Court Street, east of Broadway, southeast of Reading Road and west of Gilbert Avenue and Interstate 71 and sometimes referred to as Broadway Commons. This provision, however, shall not prohibit the Board of County Commissioners of Hamilton County, Ohio, from taking any such actions as would provide for the routine maintenance, or repairs, or renovation of the existing sports stadium now known as Cinergy Field.
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