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5.2.
Charter Commission
Meeting Date: 07/17/2025
   
Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: {ud_pd8}

Information

Title:

Receive Update on Charter Recommended Changes 

Purpose/Background:

The purpose of this case is to provide an update on the Charter Recommended changes. The City Council received the recommended changes to the City Charter on January 28, 2025. Following their review and feedback, two ordinances were presented for introduction on February 11, 2025.
  • Ordinance #25-02 encompassed the changes supported by the Council and was subsequently adopted on March 11, 2025. The adopted amendments include the correction of a grammatical error in Section 3.4, the removal of the requirement to read each ordinance aloud in Section 3.7, and the modification of the effective date for ordinances in Section 3.9 - from 30 days after publication to becoming effective upon publication. These changes became effective on June 12, 2025.

  • Ordinance #25-03, which included proposals that did not receive full Council support, was not adopted. The denied amendments included eliminating roll call votes on ordinances, allowing for ordinances to be adopted along with the consent agenda and the reduction of the newsletter to four annually instead of six.  A last amendment that was denied was the inclusion that a council seat becomes vacant when the respective councilmember moves out of their ward.  The City Council did not fully deny this change, instead, felt like some additional language would be beneficial to recognize a temporary non-ward residency due to unforeseen circumstances.  I.e. major damage to their home causing a temporary living situation.  This language has been incorporated into the ordinance for consideration this evening.

Recommendation:

Notification only. 

Outcome/Action:

No action required. 

Attachments

Form Review

Inbox Reviewed By Date
Brian Hagen Brian Hagen 07/11/2025 01:11 PM
Form Started By:
Katie Schmidt
Started On:
07/03/2025 01:58 PM
Final Approval Date:
07/11/2025