[Amended at the 2021 General Election]
The Charter shall be amended by:
(a) The citizens of the City through the Berks County Board of Elections and the process defined in State Statute Title 53, Subpart E Home Rule and Optional Plan, Chapter 29;
(b) City Council through the enactment of an ordinance to refer referenda to the Berks County Board of Elections; or
(c) Proposed amendments by a Charter Review Commission being placed on the ballot in accordance with § 1203 of this Charter.
13. Editor’s Note: For the timing of placing Charter Amendments on the ballot see Section 2943 of the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law:
(a) Filing. -- A petition containing a proposal for referendum on the question of amending a home rule charter or an optional plan of government signed by electors comprising 10% of the number of electors voting for the office of Governor in the last gubernatorial general election in the municipality or an ordinance of the municipal governing body proposing amendment of a home rule charter or an optional plan shall be filed with the election officials not later than the 13th Tuesday prior to the next primary, municipal or general election. The petition and the proceedings therein shall be in the manner and subject to the provisions of the election laws which relate to the signing, filing and adjudication of nomination petitions insofar as such provisions are applicable, except that no referendum petition shall be signed or circulated prior to the 20th Tuesday before the election nor later than the 13th Tuesday before the election. The name and address of the person filing the petition shall be clearly stated on the petition.