Item 36 - Proposed Voter Ballot Measure(s) for the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election to Amend the City Charter

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Proposed Ballot Measure(s) for the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election to Amend the City Charter July 19, 2022 Page 2 2 8 5 3 the following four topics: term limits for the Mayor and members of the City Council; a lifetime ban that would limit the Mayor and members of the City Council once they have reached their term limits; increasing the compensation of the Mayor and members of the City Council; and changing the voting requirement to approve the City budget. On June 29, 2022, members of the Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee met to discuss in detail the following four topics: revising the term of Mayor from four two-year terms to two four-year terms, beginning in 2024; limiting the term of the Mayor and members of the City Council so that once they have reached their term limits they would no longer be eligible to serve (and removing the eight-year cooling off period), either (1) increasing the compensation of the Mayor and members of the City Council so that the Mayor’s salary would equal 66 percent the salary of a Superior Court judge of the State of California and the councilmembers’ salary would equal 66 percent of the Mayor’s salary or (2) providing for increases to their salaries according to the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; and changing the voting requirement to approve the City budget from a majority of the City Council to a two-thirds vote of the City Council. These proposed Charter amendments, as recommended by the Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee, are summarized below. Summary of Proposed Charter Amendments Section 400: Number, Selection and Term of Members The current Charter states that the term of each councilmember, including the mayor, shall begin at 6:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of December following certification of election results. This amendment clarifies that term of each councilmember, including the mayor, shall begin at 6:00 p.m. on the first regularly scheduled City Council meeting or at a special City Council meeting following certification of election results. Section 401.01: Term Limits (new section) This amendment removes term limit provisions for the mayor and councilmember, from Sections 404 and 401, respectively, and restates those term limit provisions in their entirety into a new Section 401.01 of the Charter. The purpose of this amendment is to reorganize all provisions relating to term limits into one new section. Section 401.05: Code of Ethics and Conduct (new section) The current Charter states that the City shall adopt a Code of Ethics and Conduct for elected officials and members of appointed boards, commissions, and committees to assure public confidence in the integrity of the City. This amendment expands the applicability of the Code of Ethics and Conduct to include elected officials, the City Attorney, City Manager, Clerk of Council, Police Chief, and directors of all City departments. Furthermore, this amendment prescribes a process for documenting