The Council may, by affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of its members, submit any proposed amendment to this Charter or a revised or amended Charter to the electors; or, upon receipt of a petition signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of the total electors voting at the last regular municipal election setting forth any proposed amendment to this Charter or a revised or amended Charter, it shall submit such proposed amendment to the electors. Such amendment or revised or amended Charter shall be submitted at the next regular municipal election provided said election shall occur not less than ninety (90) days after receipt of said petition or Council’s affirmative vote. In other instances, Council may, by vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members elected to Council, provide for a special election, provided also that said special election shall occur not less than ninety (90) days after receipt of said petition or Council’s affirmative vote. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to such election, the Clerk of the Council shall mail a copy of the proposed amendment or revised or amended Charter to each elector whose name appears in registration books of the last general or regular municipal election held in the Municipality, or give notice of the same in such other manner as may be provided by general law. If any such proposed amendment shall be approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall become a part of this Charter; except that, if two or more inconsistent proposed amendments on the same subject are submitted at the same election, only the one of such amendments receiving the largest affirmative vote, not less than a majority, shall become a part of this Charter.
(Amended 11-2-04)