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Staff recommends four charter amendments for November ballot; council seeks clarity on two‑reading exceptions
Summary
Deputy City Manager Ryan Peters told the council staff recommends referring four charter amendments to voters — vice mayor selection timing, residency for appointed officials, reducing most ordinance readings from two to one, and clarifying resign‑to‑run timing — and the city attorney said the charter would authorize the council to require second readings for particular topics.
Deputy City Manager Ryan Peters presented four charter‑change recommendations for referral to the November ballot and asked the council for direction on which, if any, to place before voters.
Peters said the four items are “the selection of the vice mayor, term, begins in January of each year; residency requirements for appointed officials and department directors; [reducing] two readings to one reading on ordinances; and the resign to run” timing. He told the council the…
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