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RESOLUTION NO. 2004-
A RESOLUTION CREATING THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.
Recitals:
A. The City of Ashland Charter was last reviewed and amended in 1970.
B. A 2004-05 goal of the city council is to "complete a charter review and update".
C. The City Council has determined that it wishes to form a Charter Review Committee to
evaluate the existing charter and to determine if the charter should be updated or changed.
THE CITY OF ASHLAND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A Charter Review Committee is created which shall consist of nine voting
members and one alternate, non-voting member, all of whom shall reside within the City of
Ashland and who shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. Two
members of the committee shall be former elected city officials and seven shall be selected
at large. No member shall be appointed who currently holds an elected position for the City
of Ashland. The mayor and council shall make every effort to appoint members who are
impartial, non-biased and free of any perceived political gain and have some expertise and
knowledge of the workings of local government.
SECTION 2. If the committee determines changes to the charter are warranted, it shall
prepare a draft charter or draft amendments to the existing charter for the City of Ashland
for review by the council for placement on the ballot for the voters of Ashland.
SECTION 3. The committee shall be subject to, and shall follow, to the greatest extent
feasible, the attached document entitled “Expectations of the Charter Review Committee.”
SECTION 4. The committee shall terminate at the time a new charter or charter
amendments are voted on by the people of Ashland, unless the committee determines
changes are not warranted. In such case the committee shall terminate when it makes
such report to the city council.
SECTION 5. This resolution takes effect upon signing by the Mayor.
This resolution was read by title only in accordance with Ashland Municipal Code §2.04.090
and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this _____ day of ________________, 2004.
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Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this day of , 2004.
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Alan W. DeBoer, Mayor
Reviewed as to form:
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Paul Nolte, City Attorney
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