When a city council received certification of required signatures for a charter amendment petition more than two weeks before the constitutional deadline to pass and ordinance, conducted two city council meeting before the deadline and failed to enact an ordinance to put the petition on the ballot, city council did not act “forthwith” as required by Ohio Constitution, Article XVIII, Section 8. The Ohio Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus to put the proposed charter amendment on the ballot. The Court also held that the relators were entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees for this action from the city.
State ex rel. Commt. for Charter Amendment Petition v. Maple Hts., Slip Opinion No. 2014-Ohio-4097
