Title
Resolution to Order Election and to Determine Ballot Question for Charter Amendment to Modify the Terms of Office (7 Votes Required, Roll Call Vote)
Staff
Prepared by: Matthew Thomas, Assistant City Attorney
Body
Whereas, Section 12.4 of the City Charter currently reads:
Terms of Office
Section 12.4
(a) The term of office of each member of the Council, including the Mayor, except as by this section provided, shall be four years. Terms of office of members of the Council shall be staggered so that one member of Council nominated from each ward shall stand for election every two years. The Mayor shall be nominated and elected from the City at large. Such term shall commence on the Monday next following the regular City election at which such officers are elected. The term of the members of the Mayor and Council elected on November 8, 2016 shall terminate on the Monday next following the regular City election held on November 6, 2018. The term of the members of the Council elected on November 7, 2017 shall commence on the Monday next following their election and shall terminate on the Monday following the regular City election held on November 3, 2020.
(b) Each appointive officer, except members of City boards and commissions, shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing officer or authority.
(c) All other officers of the City shall serve for the terms specifically stated in this charter or in the law or ordinance creating the office.
(d) With the consent of the Council, an officer may continue provisionally, in office, after the expiration of the term of office, until a successor has been elected or appointed and has qualified for and assumed the duties of the office.
and Whereas, November 3, 2026 is available as an Election Date;
RESOLVED, That the following amended charter provision be placed on the ballot and submitted to the voters at the November 3, 2026 election date:
Terms of Office
Section 12.4
(a) The term of office of each membe...
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