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the public will be allowed to speak in support of or in opposition to termination, and may address any aspect of the city manager's performance. After the conclusion of the public hearing, if one is requested, or after 15 days if the manager has not responded to the request to resign, and after full consideration, the city council by a majority vote of its total membership shall adopt a final resolution of removal or reinstatement. The city manager shall continue to receive full salary until the effective date of a final resolution of removal. The action of the council in suspending or removing the city manager shall be final, it being the intention of this charter to vest all authority and fix all responsibility for such suspension or removal in the city council. During an absence or disability of the city manager, except as provided in Section 41, the council may designate a properly qualified person to perform the duties of the office. o For o Against 20. Amend Section 23, "Council not to interfere in appointments or removals," to provide that a council member who violates the section by interfering in appointments or removals of any employee by the city manager, or by not dealing through the city manager and giving orders to subordinates of the city manager may, after multiple, willful violations and a hearing, be removed from office, so that the section shall read: Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct the city manager or any of his subordinates in the appointment or removal of any city employee; provided, however, that the appointment of department heads shall be subject to the approval of the council. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with city employees solely through the city manager, and neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. It shall be grounds for removal from office if, following investigation by and a hearing before the council, a council member is found guilty of multiple, willful violations ofthis section. o For o Against 21. Amend Section 26, "City clerk," to provide that the city clerk shall keep minutes, rather than a journal, of the council's proceedings, so that the section shall read: The council shall designate an officer of the city who shall be recommended by the city manager to serve as clerk of the council. He shall give notices of its meetings, shall keep the minutes of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his signature and record in full in a book kept and indexed for the purpose of all ordinances and resolutions, and shall perform such other duties as the city manager shall assign to him, and those elsewhere provided in this Charter. D For D Against 6 ~