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CHARTER UPDATE AND MODERNIZATION
The Committee is currently considering several proposed Charter amendments to address significant substantive issues, including, but not limited to Council compensation, directly elected Mayor and ranked choice voting. In addition, the City Attorney recommends that the Committee consider a ballot measure to include more minor amendments, designed to update, clarify and modernize the City Charter.
The proposed measure would be intended to remove ambiguities, streamline City procedures, and revise outdated provisions. Similar update measures were placed on the ballots in 2002 and 2012 and were passed with strong voter approval. For 2022, the proposed amendments may include clarification of the timing of Charter review and amendments, clarification of emergency management responsibilities, allowance for a two-year budgeting process, streamlined provisions for procurement, clarification of scope of authority of the Board of Public Utilities, alignment...
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