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Charter Review Committee approves sending proposed charter reorganization to City Council for review
Summary
The Charter Review Committee voted Feb. 14 to ask City Council to review a staff-drafted, comprehensive reorganization of the city charter—consolidating scattered sections into 10 new articles—and to advise on ballot presentation and communications. The motion passed by roll call vote.
The Charter Review Committee on Feb. 14 voted to send a staff-drafted, comprehensive reorganization of the city charter to the City Council for review and guidance on presentation to voters.
Glenn, city staff who led the presentation, described a reorganization that would consolidate scattered charter provisions into a newly numbered set of articles (Article 1: essential terms; Article 2: elected officials; Article 3: elections; Article 4: council actions and limitations; Article 5: organization of city government; Article 6: appointed boards and commissions; Article 7: civil service; Article 8: fiscal administration; Article 9: public contracting; Article 10: general provisions) and add a definitions and history matrix to improve usability. Glenn said the approach would “take things that logically belong together and consolidate them,” and that…
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