Section 3. [COUNCIL PROCESS FOR ARTICLES OTHER THAN XII AND XIII].

   (a)   An amendment to the Charter proposed by the Council must be approved by a vote of a majority of all Councillors plus one;

   (b)   The Council shall hold at least two public hearings prior to its vote on the proposed Charter amendment. The Council may revise the proposed amendment as a result of suggestions and recommendations made at the first public hearing, but if such a revision is made at the second of the two public hearings, the Council shall hold a third public hearing on the proposed Charter amendment. Any revisions made shall be posted along with the notice of the next meeting after a review by the City Attorney to ensure the summary is still accurate after the revision.

Section 4. [ELECTION].

   The election must be held at the next general election or regular local election.

(Amended by Ordinance No. 2019-019)

Section 5. [BALLOT].

   At such election the ballot shall contain a summary, title and the complete text of the proposed amendment and below the same the phrases "For the Above Amendment" and "Against the Above Amendment" followed by spaces for marking with a cross or a check the phrase desired. The summary of a proposed amendment to the Charter may differ from its title and shall be a clear, concise statement describing the substance of the proposed amendment without argument or prejudice. The City Attorney must review the form of the summary to determine that the summary accurately reflects the text of the proposed amendment.

Section 6. [VOTE].

   If a majority of the votes cast are against the amendment, it shall be of no effect. If a majority of the votes cast are for the amendment, it shall be adopted.

Section 7. [AUTHORITY OF CITY CLERK TO CORRECT].

   Subject to review of the City Attorney and approval of a majority of the Council, the City Clerk shall have authority to rearrange, renumber, reletter, capitalize, punctuate and divide provisions of this Charter, and to correct clerical errors and omissions and insert captions in accordance with the meaning and intent of the provisions of this Charter, from time to time, and may delete provisions which have become inoperative or any provision ruled invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction. The City Clerk may substitute any current title of an official or department in lieu of the title originally appearing in the Charter provision, in accordance with the changes of title or duties subsequently made by law.

(Article VI amended at Regular Municipal Election, October 3, 1989, as part of Proposition #1; Article VI amended at Regular Municipal Election, October 6, 2009.)

ARTICLE VII. THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Section 1. [MAYOR TO FORMULATE].

   The Mayor shall formulate the city's operating budget and the biennial capital improvement budget in consultation with the Council. The budgets shall be consistent with this Charter, the city's adopted goals and objectives, city legislation, and the Comprehensive Plan.