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Council directs counsel to draft charter amendment and bond proposal language; vote 5–2 to proceed
Summary
Council directed corporate counsel to draft ballot language to amend Charter Chapter 15 (bond provisions) and later a clerical change to Chapter 5 pay-frequency language; some members said the move felt rushed but council approved drafting the proposals 5–2.
Council voted to direct corporate counsel to draft a bond proposal to amend Charter Chapter 15 (sections 15.2–15.4) and to prepare language for a clerical amendment to Chapter 5, Section 5.2 regarding pay frequency. Several members said drafting is only the first step and that any final ballot question would return to the council as a resolution; one member argued the process had been rushed and indicated they could not support it as written.
Council discussed the timeline for getting a charter change on the ballot and were reminded that drafting the language does not itself place it on the ballot. The motion to draft returned language passed on a roll-call vote 5–2. Staff noted the charter’s last substantive update dates and that the drafting step is needed to meet administrative deadlines if council later chooses to place a question before voters.
