On August 15, 1988, and each ten (10) years thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint a Commission of nine (9) qualified electors of the City holding no other office or appointment in this City, as members of a Charter Review Commission. The Mayor shall also appoint a Secretary to the Charter Review Commission who shall record the proceedings of the meetings and serve in any other secretarial capacity. Sufficient funds should be appropriated by Council for the compensation of the Secretary and other expenses of the Charter Review Commission. The appointees to such Commission shall be approved by Council. Such Commission shall review the City Charter, and within nine (9) calendar months after such appointment, recommend to Council such alterations, revisions and amendments, if any, to this Charter as in its judgment are desirable. The Council shall review the recommendations of the Charter Review Commission and approve or disapprove each individual recommendation. The Council thereafter shall submit to the electors any such proposed alterations, revisions, or amendments of this Charter it has approved by an affirmative vote of at least a majority plus one of its members pursuant to Article XII of this Charter at the next General Election.
The members appointed to said Commission shall serve without compensation. Meetings of the Charter Review Commission shall be open to the public.
(Amended 11-6-90; 11-3-09.)