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Proposition A Proposition A ballot language shall read: Shall Sec. 17 of the Charter be amendedto provide that a member of the Council shall immediately forfeit his or her office if he or she fails to attend at least 75% of council meetings in any year from the first meeting in May to the last meeting in April, unless excused by the remaining members of the Council? If Proposition A is approved by the voters on November 8, 2022, Sec. 17 of the Charter will thereafter read as follows: Sec. 17.Qualifications. Each of the seven councilmen shall be at least eighteen years ofage or older, a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of the State of Texas for twelve months as of the deadline for filing for office, and a bona fide resident of the district in which he seeks election for twelve months as of the deadline for filing for office; and shall not have been convicted of a felony, been adjudged to be mentally incompetent by a court, or be disqualified by reason of any provision of any other section of this Charter or of Chapter 141 of the Texas Election Code. A member of the council shall immediately forfeit his office if the member ceases to possess any of the qualifications specified in this section or in any other section of the Charter or while in office, is convicted of a felony, is placed on felony probation or placed on deferred adjudication for a felony, or is otherwise subject to any type of court supervision following disposition or resolution of a felony charge. Furthermore, a member of the council shall immediately forfeit his or her office if he or she fails to attend at least seventy-five percent (75%) ofthe Council’s regularmeetings in any year of his or her term of office unless otherwise excused by the remaining members of the City Council, with a year being measured from the first meeting in May to the last meeting in April.For the purposes of this section, a bona fide residence shall be defined as a place in which the councilman actually resides, prima facie evidence of which may include a utility account in the name of the councilman, or his spouse, parent or child with whom he actually resides. Proposition B Proposition B ballot language shall read: Shall Sec. 21(2) of the Charter be amendedto provide that the City Council shall have authority to establish administrative departments but not to distribute the work of divisions within such departments, in order to reflect current operations and policy?