November 2024 General Election

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should language be added to clarify that qualifications of elected officials are to be determined not only by City Council but to state law?</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should City Council be able to make decisions on compensation changes for their roles? Currently, council compensation increases require an election and six-month waiting period before going into effect.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should City Council change the timeframe for electing a mayor pro tem from the second regular council meeting in December to between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31?</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should language be added to clarify that council member appointments can only occur if 12 months or less remain in the term? Otherwise, the position would be up for election.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should City Council meeting requirements be changed from requiring at least two meetings in all 12 months to 10 months in a calendar year?</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should the charter be amended to decrease the amount of members needed for a quorum in certain circumstances, such as ballot canvassing, according to state law? Currently, four members make a quorum.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should the charter be amended to allow for electric codification on a more frequent basis due to technological advances?</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should the city manager be allowed to make decisions regarding appointing, suspending and removing directors after consulting with City Council, rather than receiving City Council approval?</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should a former City Council member be allowed to serve as city manager or acting city manager one year after serving on council, rather than the current two years?</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should the city manager be allowed to prepare staff rules with council consultation rather than council adoption by ordinance?</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should the city charter be clarified to continue allowing council to set budget policy by requiring City Council to adopt the city pay plan?</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should the city add a requirement for an affidavit for candidacy and require the city secretary to verify candidate residency?</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Should the requirement for the mayor’s signature on checks be removed and replace the authorized signature with the city manager?</span></p>

<p>Should the city add clarifying language to defer to state law for conflicts of interests and add additional disclosure requirements?</p>

<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $144,500,000 bonds for public safety facilities, including the renovation of the existing police department and municipal court building, the expansion of the public safety training facility, and the expansion, renovation, and replacement of the city's fire station and fire apparatuses, and the levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $118,000,000 bond for streets, sidewalks, trails and mobility system, including streetscape, drainage, traffic equipment, signalization and streetlighting, and the levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $35,000,000 bond for drainage improvements and levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $40,500,000 bond for municipal facilities, including construction of a new field maintenance facility and the rehabilitation and modernization of municipal buildings, and the levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $12,000,000 bond for municipal facilities, including animal shelter and control facilities, and the levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds</span></p>