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Adoption of the Amended Ballot Language for the Proposed City Charter Amendment to Require that the Mayor or Candidate for Mayor Shall Not be in Default to the City to be placed on the November 4, 2008 General Election Ballot
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rochester Hills desires to initiate a proposed amendment to City Charter Section 8.2, Elections and term of office, to provide that the Mayor or candidate for Mayor shall not be in default of payment of any tax or assessment owed to the City.
THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rochester Hills resolves:
1. The City Council, by a three-fifths vote of its members-elect, pursuant to the authority granted under the Home Rule Cities Act, MCL 117.1, et seq, proposes to amend the City of Rochester Hills Charter to amend Charter Section 7.2, Qualifications.
2. Provisions of existing Section 8.2 of the City of Rochester Hills Charter to be amended if the proposed amendment is adopted now read as follows:
The Mayor shall be elected to a four-year term. The Mayor shall be a registered elector and a resident of the City for at least one year immediately prior to the final date for filing nominating petitions. The term of office of the Mayor shall commence on the second Monday next following the date of the regular City election at which he or she was elected.
3. As amended, Section 8.2 of the City of Rochester Hills Charter would read as follows:
The Mayor shall be elected to a four-year term. The Mayor shall be a registered elector and a resident of the City for at least one year immediately prior to the final date for filing nominating petitions. The Mayor or a candidate for Mayor shall not be in default of payment of any tax, assessment or obligation owed to the City. The term of office of the Mayor shall commence on the second Monday next following the date of the regular City election at which he or she was elected.
4. The purpose of the proposed Charter amendment shall be s...
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