Resolution 07848286
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO 7848
PRESCRIBING DUTIES OF CHARTER AMENDMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
BE IT RESOLVED BY TEL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA:
Section 1. The "Charter Amendment Advisory Committee," established by Resolution No. 7274,
is hereby continued with membership thereof to consist of residents of the City as the Council shall
designate.
Section 2. Said Committee shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To adopt rules for the proper administration of its affairs, and to select from its member-
ship a Chairman, Secretary and such other officers as it may require;
(b) To study, evaluate and make written recommendations to the City Council as to whether there
should be proposed to the electors certain propositions amending the Charter of the City,
including but not limited to the following matters:
(1) Possible change from elective to appointive status for the Auditor and Treasurer,
including such clarifying amendments as may be necessary to permit the establishment
of a centralized Finance Department;
(2) Clarification of authority to contract with Alameda County for assessment and collection
of property taxes;
(3) Residence and other requirements for elected officers;
(4) Council districting;
(5) Consideration of General Municipal Election date and greater conformity with State
election laws.
Section 3. The City Manager and the City Attorney may consult with and advise the Committee,
and shall draft, in proper form, such amendatory language as may be necessary to accomplish the
Committee's intended recommendations.
Section 4. In its study the Committee may gather information from any source and may incur
expense therefor as in its judgment is reasonable and necessary.
Section 5. The Committee shall determine the time necessary for completion of its studies
and evaluation, and shall advise the City Council of the date by which its said written recommendations
will be submitted. In this connection, the Council recognizes the extreme importance of the signifi-
cance and permanency of Charter change, and urges the most careful consideration of such matters.
Section 6. Members of the Committee may be removed by the Council at any time and the
Committee may be likewise dissolved. Vacancies shall be filled by the Council.
repealed.
Section 7. Resolution No. 7274, to the extent it conflicts herewith, is superseded and
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the
19th day of October, 1971, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Fore, Levy, Longaker, McCall and President La Croix, Jr., (5).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 20th day of October, 1971.
(SEAL) IRMA L. NELSON
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of "City of Alameda
Resolution No. 7848, PRESCRIBING DUTIES OF CHARTER AMENDMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE," introduced and
adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda on the 19th day of October, 1971.
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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