Title
City Clerk - For the purpose of removing the City Clerk from the supervision of the Mayor.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Charter Amendment 7-19
Introduced by: Alderwoman Tierney and Alderman Savidge
Referred to
Rules and City Government Committee
A CHARTER AMENDMENT Resolution concerning
City Clerk
FOR the purpose of removing the City Clerk from the supervision of the Mayor.
BY repealing and reenacting the following portions of the City Charter:
Article V, Section 5
SECTION I: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Charter of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
THE CHARTER
Article V - MAYOR
Sec. 5. - City clerk.
The office of the mayor shall include the city clerk who shall be appointed by the mayor and shall have the duties and responsibilities as set forth in the code.
SECTION II: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that a notice of public hearing was published on the proposed charter amendment, at least 21 days in advance of the public hearing that was held on June 17, 2019.
SECTION III: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the date of adoption of this Resolution is July 22, 2019, and the amendments of the Charter of the City of Annapolis, hereby enacted shall become effective on September 10, 2019, unless a proper petition for referendum hereon shall be filed as permitted by law within 40 days of adoption, provided a complete and exact copy of this Resolution shall be continuously posted on the bulletin board in the City Hall until August 31, 2019, and provided further that a copy of the title of this Resolution shall be published in "The Capital," a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Annapolis, or in any other newspaper of such general circulation, once in each of the weeks on, July 29, 2019, August 5, 2019, August 12, 2019, and August 19, 2019.
SECTION IV: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Mayor is hereby specifically commanded to carry out the provisions of Section II hereof, and, as evidence of such compliance, the Mayor shall cause to be maintained appropriate certificates of publication of the newspaper or newspapers in which the title of the Resolution shall have been published and if a favorable referendum is held on the Charter change, shall declare the Charter change hereby enacted to be effective on August 10, 2019, by affixing his signature hereto in the space provided on the effective date of change.
SECTION V: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that as soon as the Charter Amendment hereby enacted shall become effective, either as provided herein or following a referendum, the Mayor shall send to the Maryland Department of Legislative Services a copy of this Resolution showing the number of Aldermen and Alderwomen voting for and against it and a report on the votes cast for or against the amendment hereby enacted at any referendum thereon and the date of such referendum.
The above Charter Amendment was enacted by the foregoing Resolution which was passed at a Meeting of the Annapolis City Council on July 22, 2019; 8 voting in the affirmative, 0 voting in the negative, 0 abstaining and 1 absent and the said Resolution becomes effective in accordance with law on the 10th day of September, 2019.
EXPLANATION
UPPERCASE indicates matter added to existing law.
Strikethrough indicates matter stricken from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments.