Amendments to this Charter may be submitted to the electors of the City by a two-thirds vote of the Council and shall be submitted by Council upon a petition signed by ten percent of the electors of the City, setting forth any such proposed amendment. The ordinance providing for the submission of any such amendment shall require that it be submitted to the electors in accordance with Section 71 of this Charter. Notice of any proposed amendments shall be given in one of the following ways:
(a) Not less than thirty days prior to the election at which the amendment is to be submitted to the electors, the City Clerk shall mail a copy of the proposed amendment to each elector whose name appears upon the poll of the last regular Municipal or general election.
(b) The full text of the proposed amendment shall be published once a week for not less than two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the City, with the first publication being at least fifteen days prior to the election at which the amendment is to be submitted to the electors. If no newspaper is published in the City, then such publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation within the City.
(c) Any other procedure authorized by the general laws of the State applicable to cities.
(Amended Nov. 6, 1990)
If such proposed amendment is approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall become a part of the Charter.
(Amended November 2, 2021)