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1 <br /> iIr.+oet—,S'.J1 Xtilt kiVU1Vtall. liOrr•JI1J.EJtS.ci'AVIV Report Number: 9L�_t9SG <br /> If <br /> STAFF REPORT Report Date: 7-21-9' <br /> 'T' Council Action: <br /> 0 Special Order of Business <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE July 25, 1994 0 Public Hearings <br /> ❑ Consent Agenda <br /> t Council Business <br /> Item Description: Consideration of Resolution No. 4607 Declaring Insufficient the Initiative <br /> Petition Proposing an Ordinance to Limit the Number of Total Terms for Which a Person <br /> co>>>d file for th,. Office of Yeyor or City Cou*wil <br /> Administrator's Review/Recommendation: <br /> - No comments to supplement this report <br /> - Comments attached. <br /> Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) <br /> TTMMARY; <br /> On Friday, July 15 , 1994 an individual gave Tim Cruikshank the attached <br /> Initiative Petition. Nothing was said to Tim other than the individual, <br /> who did not name himself, wanted the date stamped on the Petition. In <br /> processing this Petition, the procedures outlined in the City Charter <br /> have been followed. <br /> It is unclear exactly what the intent of the Petition is in that the <br /> language which proposes the Ordinance addresses only the term limits of <br /> Mayor and City Council, yet the body of the proposed Ordinance goes on <br /> to address the terms limits of all elected officials. Also, the Petition <br /> does not follow the Initiative Petition -guidelines set forth in the City <br /> Charter in that it does not contain the signatures of at least 15% of <br /> the total number of electors who' cast their votes for President at the <br /> last Presidential election nor does the Petition include the required <br /> verification oath of the circulator. <br /> Based on the lack of required signatures and missing circulator oath of <br /> verification, the Petition is "Insufficient" under Chapter 5, Sections <br /> 5 . 02 and 5 . 03 of the City Charter. <br /> The subject of the Petition is alsd one that is not within the <br /> jurisdiction of local government authority. This issue is currently <br /> under discussion by the Charter Commission. They commissioned an <br /> independent attorney' s opinion on the State Attorney General' s Opinion <br /> which stated that term limits do not fall within the jurisdiction of a <br /> local unit of government. A copy of the Charter Commission' s attorney is <br /> attached. <br /> The attached Resolution of Insufficiency has been prepared for your <br /> consideration. <br /> - ,_,:F,.....) (c,,,...,L.,,,,,_ <br /> Bama ,tha Crduno, City Admini trator <br /> z • ,ol 11 _ • ► <br />