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City Council Agenda
Special Formal CITY OF IOWA CITY
August 29, 2016 - 5:00 p.m.
City Hall — Harvat Hall
410 E. Washington www.icgov.org
ITEM 1. CALL TO ORDER.
ITEM 1a Roll Call
ITEM 2. CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT — RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
THE JOHNSON COUNTY AUDITOR TO PLACE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
THE CITY'S HOME RULE CHARTER TO AMEND SECTION 7.03(A)(NUMBER OF
C� OO SIGNATURES) OF ARTICLE VII (INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM) TO CHANGE
THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED ON INITIATIVE AND
REFERENDUM PETITIONS BEFORE THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY
OF IOWA CITY, IOWA AT A SPECIAL CITY ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 2016.
Comment: A valid petition has been filed proposing an amendment to the City
Charter to change the number of signatures required on initiative and referendum
petitions from the current requirement of eligible electors (residents of Iowa City)
equal in number to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of persons who
voted at the last regular city election, but not less than three thousand six hundred
(3,600), to eligible electors equal in number to at least ten percent (10%) of the
number of persons who voted at the last regular city election, but not less than ten
(10). In accordance with Section 372.11 of the Iowa Code and Section 8.01 of the
City Charter, this resolution will submit the proposed amendment to the voters at a
special city election on November 8, 2016. By Resolution No. 16-256 the Council
directed that the question be placed on the ballot in language identical to the
petitioners' language, but it was subsequently determined that the strikethroughs
used therein are incompatible with the election software that converts the language
to an ADA accessible presentation. The proposed resolution revises the ballot
language to eliminate the strikethroughs.
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