City of Annapolis - File #: CA-2-17

• File #: CA-2-17
• Version: 1
• Type: Charter Amendment
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 9/1/2017
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/9/2017
• Final action: 10/9/2017
• Title: Offices of Law and City Clerk - For the purpose of establishing an Office of Law and an Office of City Clerk and clarifying operational lines of report.
• Sponsors: Joe Budge, Ross Arnett, Sheila Finlayson, Kenny Kirby, Ian Pfeiffer, Jared Littmann, Rhonda Pindell Charles
• Indexes: Finance Committee, Financial Advisory Commission, Public Safety Committee, Rules and City Government Committee

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/9/2017	1	City Council	withdrawn without objection
9/25/2017	1	City Council	declare the public hearing left open
9/14/2017	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass
9/14/2017	1	City Council	refer
9/14/2017	1	City Council	refer
9/14/2017	1	City Council	refer
9/14/2017	1	City Council	refer

Title
Offices of Law and City Clerk - For the purpose of establishing an Office of Law and an Office of City Clerk and clarifying operational lines of report.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Charter Amendment 2-17

Introduced by: Alderman Budge, Alderman Arnett, Alderwoman Finlayson, Alderman Kirby, Alderman Pfeiffer, Alderman Littmann
and Alderwoman Pindell Charles

Referred to
Rules and City Government Committee

A CHARTER AMENDMENT concerning

Offices of Law and City Clerk

FOR the purpose of establishing an Office of Law and an Office of City Clerk and clarifying operational lines of report.

BY repealing in their entirety the following portions of the Annapolis City Charter:

Article V, Section 4
Article V, Section 5

BY repealing and reenacting the following portions of the Annapolis City Charter:

Article VI, Section 2B

BY enacting the following portions of the Annapolis City Charter:

Article VI, Section 5
Article VI, Section 6

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 4 of the Charter of the City of Annapolis describes the City Attorney as an individual, not an office with staff; and

WHEREAS, the Office of Law, which includes the City Attorney, several Assistant City Attorneys and support staff, is unmentioned in the City Charter; and

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 5 of the Charter of the City of Annapolis describes the City Clerk as an individual, not an office with staff; and

WHEREAS, the Office of the City Clerk, which includes the deputy City Clerk, is unmentioned in the City Charter; and


WHEREAS, Article VI, Section 2B(e)(1) grants the City Manager the power and duty to administer the day-to-day operations of the municipal government.

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:

ARTICLE VI - OPERATIONS

Sec. 2B - City manager.

(a) There shall be a city manager in the office of the mayor who shall be the chief administrative officer of the ci...