State ex rel. Oberlin Citizens for Responsible Development v. Talarico

{¶ 1} Relator Oberlin Citizens for Responsible Development (“Oberlin Citizens”) is a committee designated to circulate certain initiative and referendum petitions. Its members are relators J.J. Schaum, David Laczko, Mary H. McCalla, and John Whitman, taxpayers and residents of the city of Oberlin, Ohio.

{¶ 2} On August 1, 2005, the Oberlin Council passed Ordinance No. 05-55 AC CMS, which was entitled “An Ordinance Approving a Construction Development Agreement with Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust [‘Wal-Mart’] for the Construction of Certain Public Improvements Relating to the Development…