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<br />EXPLANATION: Council members are prohibited from directing the city manager <br />or a subordinate regarding the appointment or removal from office of any person, <br />or from dealing with city employees other than through the city manager. But no <br />penalty is specified. The amendment would allow the removal of a councilman with <br />two or more willful violations. <br /> <br />PROPOSITION 21: <br /> <br />Section 26. City clerk. <br /> <br />The council shall designate an officer of the city who shall be recommended by the <br />city manager to serve as clerk of the council. He shall give notices of its meetings, <br />shall keep the journal minutes of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his signature <br />and record in full in a book kept and indexed for the purpose of all ordinances and <br />resolutions, and shall perform such other duties as the city manger shall assign to him, <br />and those elsewhere provided for in this Charter. <br /> <br />EXPLANATION: Provides that the city clerk shall keep minutes, rather than a <br />journal, of the council's proceedings. <br /> <br />PROPOSITIONS 22, 23, 24: <br /> <br />Section 27. City judge. <br /> <br />There shall be a magistrate of the munieipal eourt known as the eity judge <br />who shall be appointed by the dty eouneil to ser"le for a term of two years. <br /> <br />The city council shall appoint a duly licensed attorney to serve as the city <br />jud~e. with a term of two years. <br /> <br />He may be removed by the city council at any time for incompetency, <br />misconduct, malfeasance, or disability. He shall receive such salary as may be <br />fixed by the council from time to time. In the event of failure of the city judge <br />to act for any reason, <br /> <br />12 <br />