CHARTER AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT

With these items on the agenda for the committee meeting Wednesday  , it should be an interesting week.

I suggest that the question of returning the City Council to 2 years terms be placed on the ballot.




Ballot Proposal/Office of the Ombudsman/City of Flint General Election Ballot/Aug.

3, 2010

Resolution resolving that the following ballot question be submitted to the electors

of the City of Flint at the Primary Election to be held on Aug. 3, 2010: Shall the Flint

City Charter be amended by deleting Sections 3501

through 3517,

which would

eliminate the Office of the Ombudsman for the City of Flint AND that the Flint City

Charter be amended by deleting Sections 3501

through 3517

of the Flint City

charter, which currently provides for the Office of Ombudsman and that the Office

of the Ombudsman shall be eliminated as soon as the Amendment deleting

Sections 3501

through 3517

is approved by the voters of the City of Flint.

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Ballot Proposal/Reduction of Flint City Council Wards From Nine to Seven/City of

Flint General Election Ballot/Aug. 3, 2010

Resolution resolving that the following ballot question be submitted to the electors

of the City of Flint at the Primary Election to be held on Aug. 3, 2010: Shall the Flint

City Charter be amended by restating and amending Sections 2201

through 2202,

which would reduce the number of Wards in the City of Flint from nine to

seven AND that the Flint City Charter be amended by restating and amending

Sections 2201

through 2202

of the Flint City charter, which currently provides for

nine Wards in the City of Flint and that the number of Wards in the City of Flint

shall be reduced from nine to seven as soon as the Amendment reducing the

number of Wards is approved by the voters of the City of Flint.