The City of Tomball has called a special election May 10 for the purpose of amending its Home-Rule Charter and submitting the changes to voters for approval.

The voters of Tomball will vote to either approve or disapprove 34 proposed amendments to the city's charter.

The amendments to the charter, which are several pages in length, contain a number of language changes and removal of antiquated and obsolete requirements, Tomball City Manager George Shackelford said.

"The changes to the charter are mostly just clean up changes," Shackelford said. "The city formed a committee for the purpose of cleaning up the charter and bringing it up to date."

The proposed amendments to the charter were recommended by the charter commission and approved by City Council, he said.

"We are hoping the voters of Tomball will get out and vote on May 10," Shackelford said. "A lot of people don't get too excited about charter amendments, but it's a necessary issue."