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Proposed Charter Amendments June 19, 2018 Page 3 Current Charter language: 1. Mayor's Signature Authority on Resolutions and Ordinances Sec. 413. - Adoption (ordinances). All ordinances and written resolutions shall be signed by the mayor or the mayor pro tem and attested by the Clerk of the Council. If the mayor or mayor pro tem are absent or refuse to sign, then a member of the Council who voted to approve the resolution or ordinance may sign, 2. Remove Boards and Commissions from Charter Sec. 900. - Established (a) The City Council shall establish appointive boards and commissions by ordinance and shall specify in such ordinances the powers and duties of each. 3. Campaign and Gift Provisions Sec, 425. - Disqualification due to campaign contributions. A councilmember shall not participate in, nor use his or her official position to influence, a decision of the City Council if it is reasonably foreseeable that the decision will have a material financial effect, apart from its effect on the public generally or a significant portion thereof, on a recent major campaign contributor. As used herein, "recent major campaign contributor" means a person who has made campaign contributions totaling two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or more to the councilmember or to any campaign committee controlled by the councilmember in the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date of the decision. The mayor is a councilmember for purposes of this section. Sec. 1107. - Gifts to officers and employees prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person or organization that is financially interested in any decision pending action by any agency, officer or employee of the City, or in any contract to which the City is a party to make any gifts aggregating in value more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in any one calendar month to any officer, or employee of the City. No person or organization shall be deemed to have a financial interest in a decision or contract by reason of any interest which is shared by a significant portion of the general public. No gift is unlawful which is similarly made or offered to a significant portion of the general public. Any person who makes, acts as the agent or intermediary in the making of, or arranges for the making of, any gift which is unlawful hereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any officer or employee who receives any gift which he knows, or reasonably should know, is unlawful hereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor. 4. Stabilization Fund Sec. 610. - Funds—General fund; stabilization fund. All money paid into the City treasury shall be credited to and kept in separate funds in accordance with the provisions of this charter, state law, or ordinance. For the purpose of this charter, the "General Fund" is established as a medium of control and accounting for City activities other than activities authorized or contemplated by special funds. All revenues and receipts which are not by this charter, state law, or ordinance pledged for special purposes shall be credited to the general fund. 65D-3