Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Names, Boundaries, Powers, and General Provisions

Section 1.01. Name and Boundaries.

Section 1.02. Powers.

Section 1.03. Charter as Law.

Section 1.04. Other Laws.

Chapter 2 - Form of Government

Section 2.01. Form of Government.

Section 2.02. Boards and Commissions.

Section 2.03. Elective Officers.

Section 2.04. Wards.

Section 2.05. Incompatible Offices.

Section 2.06. Council Vacancies.

Section 2.07. Mayor.

Section 2.08. Officers.

Section 2.09. Salaries.

Section 2.10. Investigation of City Affairs.

Section 2.11. Interferences with Administration.

Chapter 3 - Procedure of Council

Section 3.01. Council Meetings.

Section 3.02. Staffing of Council Meetings.

Section 3.03. Rules of Procedure and Quorum.

Section 3.04. Voting Procedure.

Section 3.05. Resolutions, Motions.

Section 3.06. Adoption of Ordinances.

Section 3.07. Emergency Ordinances.

Section 3.08. Amendment and Repeal of Ordinances.

Section 3.09. Codification of Ordinances.

Chapter 4 - Nominations and Elections

Section 4.01. Regular City Elections.

Section 4.02. Primary Elections.

Section 4.03. Candidate Filing.

Section 4.04. Special Elections.

Section 4.05. Election Procedure.

Section 4.06. Non-partisan Elections.

Chapter 5 - Initiative and Referendum

Section 5.01. General Authority.

Section 5.02. Initiation of Charter Amendments.

Section 5.03. Further Regulations.

Section 5.04. Commencement of Proceeding.

Section 5.05. Petition.

Section 5.06. Filing of Petition.

Section 5.07. Evaluation and Certification of Petition.

Section 5.08. Council Action on Initiative Petition.

Section 5.09. Council Action on Referendum Petition.

Section 5.10. Election.

Section 5.11. Offenses.

Section 5.12. Forms.

Chapter 6 - City Administration

Section 6.01. City Manager.

Section 6.02. City Manager's Powers and Duties.

Section 6.03. Departments.

Section 6.04. Subordinate Officers.

Section 6.05. Purchasing.

Section 6.06. Competitive Contracts.

Section 6.07. Document Execution.

Section 6.08. Compensation and Recognition.

Chapter 7 - Taxation and Finances

Section 7.01. Council Control; Public Purpose Expenditures.

Section 7.02. Fiscal Year.

Section 7.03. Taxation.

Section 7.04. Board of Equalization.

Section 7.05. Budget Preparation.

Section 7.06. Budget Adoption.

Section 7.07. Budget Enforcement.

Section 7.08. Budget Alterations.

Section 7.09. Contingency Amount in Budget.

Section 7.10. Disbursements.

Section 7.11. Funds.

Section 7.12. Accounts and Reports.

Section 7.13. Debt.

Section 7.14. Tax Anticipation Certificates.

Section 7.15. Emergency Debt Certificates.

Section 7.16. Equipment Certificates.

Section 7.17. Purchases With Installment Payments.

Section 7.18. Community Investment Fund.

Chapter 8 - Public Improvements and Special Assessments

Section 8.01. Powers.

Section 8.02. Current Services.

Section 8.03. Fees and Civil Penalties.

Section 8.04. Voluntary Assessments for Certain Property Purchases.

Section 8.05. Construction of Public Improvements.

Chapter 9 - Property Acquisition

Section 9.01. Acquisition of Property.

Section 9.02. Acquisition of Property for Park and Open Space Purposes.

Chapter 10 - Franchises

Section 10.01. Franchises Required.

Section 10.02. Public Hearing.

Section 10.03. Further Regulation; Franchise Value.

Section 10.04. Term

Section 10.05. Renewals.

Chapter 11 - Public Ownership and Operation of Utilities

Section 11.01. Acquisition.

Section 11.02. Rates and Finances.

Section 11.03. Purchase in Bulk.

Section 11.04. Lease of Plant.

Section 11.05. Sale of Utility.

Section 11.06. Notice of Public Hearings.

Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous and Transition Provisions

Section 12.01. Official Publications.

Section 12.02. Oath of Office.

Section 12.03. Interest in Contracts.

Section 12.04. Official Bonds.

Section 12.05. Sale of Real Property.

Section 12.06. Vacation of Streets, Use of Public Rights-of-Way.

Section 12.07. Successor Rights and Obligations.

Section 12.08. Relationship to State Law.

Section 12.09. Existing Ordinances Continued.

Section 12.10. Human Rights.

Section 12.11. Implementing Ordinances.

Section 12.12. Fines and Penalties.

Section 12.13. Enforcement.

Appendix

Appendix A-1 Committee Affidavit

Appendix A-2 Circulator Affidavit

Appendix A-3 Initiative Petition

Appendix A-4 Referendum Petition

Charter History

I. Adoption

II. General Amendments

II. Specific Amendments