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Council adopts two charter amendments clarifying petition procedures and job titles
Summary
The council adopted two City Charter amendments: housekeeping and procedural clarifications to Chapter 5 (initiative, referendum, recall) and a title change in Chapter 6 (assistant to deputy city manager). Both ordinances passed after required public hearings and recorded unanimous votes.
Bloomington’s City Council voted unanimously on Monday to adopt two charter amendments following public hearings: clerical and process clarifications to Chapter 5 governing initiative, referendum and recall procedures, and a title update in Chapter 6 changing the position name "assistant city manager" to "deputy city manager."
City Attorney Melissa Manderscheid told the council the Chapter 5 amendment standardizes naming across the charter’s petition sections,…
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