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Number Title Vickrey Rubino Davis Wickham Larsson Olevson Pyne Newswanger Oey Filley Average Ranking
B-1
Section 1309 (Contracts on Public Works):
Study amending the Charter to allow other project
delivery methods besides design-bid-build (lowest
responsible bidder after notice of publications for
bids).
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A-2 Section 605 (Compensation):
Study City Council salaries and compensation. 4 2 4 2 2 1 3 1 4 2.555555556 A-5
Section 609 (Redistricting):
Study establishing rules for empaneling redistricting
commissions.
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A-8 General Issue (throughout Charter):
Remove gender specific language.
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A-4
Section 607 (Presiding Officer. Mayor):
Study the role of Mayor, including whether the
position should be full time.
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A-3
Section 606 (Vacancies): Study whether the current
rule providing that councilmembers appointed to fill
a vacancy serve until the next general municipal or
consolidated statewide election should be changed
to the next feasible November general election.
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A-6
Section 611 (Regular Meetings):
Consider changing the Charter provision that
requires two council meetings per month to instead
require at least 24 meetings per year.
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B-2
Section 802 (City Manager Powers and Duties):
Study adding a provision to City Manager’s powers
and duties to permit settlement of claims against
the city in an amount greater than $50,000.
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Count of Items to Prioritize
Charter Review Committee
Prioritization of Potential Charter Amendments
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Number Title Vickrey Rubino Davis Wickham Larsson Olevson Pyne Newswanger Oey Filley Average Ranking
Count of Items to Prioritize
Charter Review Committee
Priorization of Potential Charter Amendments
C-3
Section 708 (Publishing of Legal Notices):
Study whether existing Charter provisions provide
effective public noticing.
6 7 7 10 11 10 10 5 10 8.444444444
A-1
Section 601(City Council Term and Election):
Study whether to adopt an alternative voting
system, such as ranked-choice or approval voting, or
retain the existing first-past-the-post system for
districts and mayoral elections
8 12 12 9 9 8 1 8 11 8.666666667
C-9
Sections 1313 and 1315 (Petty Cash Funds;
Registering Warrants):
Study whether these provisions are needed in the
charter.
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C-5
Section 1100 (Merit Principle):
Consider modernizing competitive examination
language to better reflect current considerations for
examining applicants for employment.
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25-0212 Added Attachment 3 (posted 20250602)