An election commission is hereby created, consisting of the City Clerk, the City Treasurer, and the Mayor. The City Clerk shall be chairperson. The commission shall have charge of all other activities and duties relating to the conduct of elections in the City as required by state law. The compensation of election personnel shall be determined in advance by the commission, and shall be a fixed amount for each election; provided, such compensation shall not exceed the amount appropriated for elections in the budget, unless such increase shall first have been approved by the City Council as are other increases in appropriations for any department or function. The commission shall perform all of the duties required of city election commissions by state law and this charter. In the event of a conflict in election procedure as between the general election laws of the state and the provisions of this charter, or in any case where election procedure is in doubt, the election commission shall prescribe the procedure to be followed. When a city election is held on the same day as a national, state or county election or primary, the same election officials shall act in both the city election and the national, state or county election or primary.
(Amendment Approved at the General Election of November 2, 2010)