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• <br /> Committee thus appointed. This provision is in addition to such procedures as may <br /> be otherwise established by law for the election of freeholders for the purpose of <br /> framing a Charter. <br /> PROPOSITION #1 <br /> Shall a new Charter section be added, requiring review of the Charter at least once <br /> every ten years? <br /> CHARTER CHANGE YES <br /> CHARTER CHANGE NO <br /> Section 4: Change to Section 2.8 Section 2.8 of the City Charter, which reads <br /> as follows: <br /> Compensation of Elective Officers-Expenses. <br /> The salaries of the mayor and the councilmen shall be fixed by ordinance and may be <br /> revised from time to time by ordinance, except as prohibited by applicable law. <br /> Until the first elective officers under this mayor-council plan of government may <br /> lawfully be paid the compensation provided by such salary ordinance, such officers <br /> shall be entitled to compensation with proration as necessary as follows: <br /> MAYOR-$20,000 per annum <br /> COUNCILMEN-$3,600 per annum <br /> PROVIDED, that such interim compensation shall remain in effect only until a <br /> salary ordinance is passed and becomes effective as to such officers, and the <br /> amounts herein provided shall not be construed as fixing the usual salary of such <br /> officers. The mayor and councilmen shall receive reimbursement for their actual and <br /> necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of their office, or the <br /> council by ordinance may provide for a per diem allowance. Procedure for approval <br /> of claims for expenses shall be as provided by ordinance, consistent with state law. <br /> is recommended to be changed to: <br /> Citizens' Commission on Salaries of Elected Officials <br /> 1. Purpose: It is the policy of the City of Everett to base salaries of elected <br /> officials on realistic standards so that officials may be paid according to the duties of <br /> their offices, so that citizens of the highest quality may be attracted to public service. <br /> To effectuate this policy, the Everett Citizens' Commission on Salaries of Elected <br /> Officials ("Citizens' Commission") is hereby created consisting of seven (7) <br /> members with duties and responsibilities as set forth below. <br /> 2. Duties: The Citizens' Commission shall study the relationship of salaries to the <br /> duties of all elected officials and shall set the salaries for each respective position. <br /> Except as provided otherwise below, the Citizens' Commission shall be solely <br /> CHARTER AMENDMENT ORDNANCE Page 2 <br />