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Charter Study Committee February 8, 2007 Page 2 (7) Section 9- The Committee elected to delete the words "as nearly as practicable." (9) Section 10 - The Committee corrected the word "alley" to "alleys" in two places. (10) Section 11 -"For" and "Against" were added. (13) Section 16 - In the second sentence, the Committee added the word "date" after "uniform election" and changed the word "or" to "of' after "in or about May." (15) Section 16 - David Nabors suggested they delete Proposition 19 pertaining to Section 19 because its language allowing the council to select a temporary presiding officer if both the mayor and mayor pro tem are absent was also added to Proposition 15 pertaining to Section 16. The Committee elected to leave Section 19 alone as written in the Charter. The Committee also elected to change the words "select someone" to "designate a member" as temporary presiding officer in Section 16. (20) Section 22 - Charles Richards proposed alternate wording to clarify that the City Council could terminate the city manager at any time and to guarantee the city manager a public hearing even if the council sought to terminate him in the first six months of his tenure. On page 6, line 1, the word "a" was inserted in place of the word "the"; on line 8 the words "Then, members" was changed just to "Members." Ernie Clark stated that he thought there was a conflict between Section 22 and Section 41. Mr. Clark said Section 22 allows for the Council to designate a properly qualified person to perform the duties of city manager in his absence or should he become disabled, and Section 41 authorizes the manager to designate a qualified administrative officer of the city to perform his duties during his temporary absence or disability. Chairperson Cecil stated that he did not see a conflict, because the sections were talking about two different occurrences. Mr. Akers suggested changing the last sentence in Section 22 to read "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." Subject to the change proposed by Monte Akers, David Nabors made a motion to approve the amendment to Section 22. Bill Payne seconded the motion. Motion carried, 8 ayes - 0 nays. (22) Section 26 -"For" and "Against" were added.