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City Manager Discussion
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Resolved that the City Council of the City of Rochester Hills hereby declares for a revision of the City charter, as provided and permitted by the Home Rules Cities Act, MCL 117.1, et seq., as amended
Further Resolved, that the question of having a general charter revision shall be submitted to the electors of the City for adoption or rejection at the general election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2003.
Further Resolved, that the City Clerk shall give notice of the last day for registration and the election in the manner provided by law and said question on the revision of the charter of the city shall be submitted to the electors in the following form:
“Shall there be a general revision of the charter of the City of Rochester Hills?”
Yes
No
Further Resolved, that at the election there shall be elected from the City at-large a charter commission consisting of nine (9) electors for the City who are not officers or employees of the City, the election of the charter commission to be void if the proposition to revise the charter is not adopted. The candidates for the charter commission shall be nominated and elected in the manner prescribed by the City Charter for the nomination and election of members of the City Council, except that the nomination and election of the charter commission shall be from the city at-large.
Further Resolved, that the last day and hour for receiving nomination petitions for candidates for the office of charter commission shall be 4:00 p.m. on the 16th day of September, 2003. (This date should be 49 days prior to the election day.) The City Clerk shall make available appropriate non-partisan petition forms and give due notice of the last day and hour for filing petitions by at least twice publishing notice thereof in a paper of general circulation within the city, the first publication to be not less than 10 days prior to the last day of filing.
The candidates for charter commission shall be nominated by petition without reference to, or designation of, party affiliation, signed by a number of qualified electors of the city equal to not less than two percent (2%) and not more than four percent (4%) of the total vote cast for mayor at the last preceding election.
Further Resolved, that the charter commissioners elected at this election shall be compensated at the rate of $_________ (or: serve without compensation). No member shall receive compensation for more than ninety (90) days and only for actual attendance. Charter commissioners shall be entitled to incur necessary expenses in connection with the work of the charter commission. The place of meeting for said charter commission shall be the City of Rochester Hills Municipal Offices.
Optional Advisory Question
Further Resolved, that there shall also be submitted to the electors of the city at such election, for an advisory vote, the question of change in the form of government of the city in accordance with Section 18 of the Home Rule Cities Act, MCL 117.18, as amended. The question of a change in the form of government shall be submitted to the electors in the following form:
“In the event there is a general revision of the charter of the City of Rochester Hills, shall there be a change in the form of government to the City Council-City Manager form of government?”