The Portland City Council approved 5 citizen-initiated referendums for the ballot on Monday.

The five questions that will appear on the ballot on November 8th include two that seek to place greater restrictions and regulations on short-term rentals and three others that seek to increase protections for tenants, raise the minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2025, and place restrictions on cruise ships entering Portland Harbor.

On Monday, the council had to decide whether to send the question to voters in November or whether they wanted to adopt the measure outright.  They could also have come up with a competing proposal to put on the ballot.

Four of the five referendums are being brought forward by the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America’s Livable Portland campaign.  The other, regarding short-term rentals, comes from a group of homeowners, many of whom operate short-term rentals.

Councilors voted unanimously to send each measure to the voters.