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Consider items requested for final recommendation by the Charter Review Committee; and take appropriate action.
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BACKGROUND:
1. Review the City Secretary’s compilation of grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization discrepancies identified in the City Charter, consider proposed Section 9.21, and take appropriate action.
At the September 16, 2026, meeting, staff presented the results of a comprehensive Charter review. With the proposed amendment language below, codification discrepancies may be corrected administratively and authorize the City Council to correct non-substantive errors by ordinance. Action on Section 9.21 and the related corrections were deferred to October 21 for City Attorney review. The City Attorney has reviewed these items an has no additional changes.
Sec. 9.21. - Charter renumbering; administrative amendments.
The City Council shall have the power, by ordinance, to renumber articles, sections, subsections, and subparagraphs of this Charter or any amendment thereto, and to correct minor errors of grammar, spelling, typographic, or punctuation, as it shall deem appropriate, without substantive change to any part thereof.
2. Section 2.06 - Powers (City Attorney Language)
At the September 16, 2026, meeting, the Committee approved proposed Section 3.08 addressing the appointment, removal, duties, and structure of the City Attorney. Following further review, the City Attorney has provided corresponding language for Section 2.06 and recommends renumbering proposed Section 3.08 as Section 3.07, since Article III currently ends with Section 3.06. Both items remain pending Committee consideration on October 21.
3.07. - City attorney.
(a) The City Council shall appoint a competent, duly qualified licensed and practicing attorney in the State who shall serve as the City Attorney. The Council, including the Mayor (who shall have the right to vote), may, upon the affirmative vote of four (4) members, remove the City Attorney from office.
(b) The City Attorney shall serve as the legal advisor to the City Council, represent the City in litigation and legal proceedings as directed by the City Council or as delegated by the City Council to the City Manager, review and provide opinions as requested by the City Council on contracts, legal instruments, and ordinances and resolutions of the City and other City business, serve as the legal advisor to the officers and their departments, and perform such duties as may be imposed by law. The Council may adopt such rules as it may deem appropriate regarding requests for legal assistance and delegations of work by individual members of the Council.
(c) The City Attorney may but need not be an employee of the City; the Council may employ an in-house City Attorney and retain the services of outside counsel, each of whom shall have the duties as may be determined by the Council. This section shall not be construed to prevent the Council from appointing special counsel, apart from the City Attorney, to provide legal assistance on specific matters.
Sec. 2.06. - Powers.
Except as otherwise provided by this Charter, all powers of the City and the determination of all matters of policy shall be vested in the Council. Without limitation of the foregoing powers of the Council, the Council shall also have the power to:
(1) Appoint and remove the City Manager, City Attorney and the City Judge;
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3. City Manager Audit Report
Discussed April 15 and deferred for a future vote. No subsequent action was taken through September 16. Pending final Committee consideration on October 21.
Sec. 3.02(8)
(8) Submit a report to the City Council no later than ninety (90) days after the independent auditor's report has been submitted to the Council. The City Manager's report shall outline actions to be taken concerning the auditor's recommendations, including, but not limited to, specific responses to any internal control weakness identified by the auditors. The report shall include expected dates of implementations of any remedial action warranted;
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation and Capitalization (City Secretary Review)