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Consider items requested for final recommendation by the Charter Review Committee; and take appropriate action.
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BACKGROUND:
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.
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.
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 ...
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