This Charter may be amended by the following procedure: Council by a vote of at least five (5) of its members may submit to the electors of the Municipality amendments to this Charter, and Council shall, upon petition being presented to it at a regular meeting of Council setting forth a proposed amendment, signed by not less than 10 percent of the resident qualified electors, submit such a proposed amendment to the electors for adoption or rejection at the next regular municipal election or general election if one shall occur not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the action by Council in certifying the petition or the passage of the ordinance to submit such amendment to the electors and if a regular municipal election or general election shall not occur within such time period the submission of proposed amendments to the electors shall occur at a special election to be called and held within such time period. The full text of any proposed amendment shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality at least once per week for three (3) consecutive weeks in the month prior to the date of election at which said amendment shall be voted upon and a copy of said amendment shall be mailed to each registered voter of the Municipality at least 30 days prior to said election.
(Amended November 4, 2014)