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Section 8: Change to Section 5.2 Section 5.2 of the City Charter, which reads <br /> as follows: <br /> Advisory Boards-Establishment. <br /> The council may, by ordinance, establish advisory boards with such advisory <br /> functions and number of members as it may determine. The members of such boards <br /> shall be appointed and removed by the mayor with the approval of the council. The <br /> terms of the members shall be six (6) years, except that the first appointments shall <br /> be for staggered terms in proportion to the number of members, such as initial terms <br /> of two (2), four (4), and six (6) years respectively for three-member boards, and <br /> similar proportioning for boards of other sizes, with no term in excess of six (6) <br /> years. No person serving continuously on a board for a period in excess of four (4) <br /> years shall be eligible to reappointment to such board until he has been off such <br /> board for at least one (1) year. No elected official or city officer or employee shall <br /> be eligible for appointment to such board. <br /> is recommended to be changed to: <br /> The council may, by ordinance, establish or dissolve advisory boards,, with such <br /> advisory functions and number of members as it may determine. Where any such <br /> board consists of persons serving as representatives of neighborhood organizations, <br /> duly elected as such pursuant to ordinances enacted from time to time regulating the <br /> recognition of such organizations and the qualifications, election, and term of office <br /> of representatives, the names of newly elected representatives shall be presented by <br /> the mayor to the council for approval. As to all other advisory boards, the members <br /> of such boards shall be appointed and removed by the mayor with the approval of <br /> the council. The terms of the members shall be as set by ordinance, for a maximum <br /> of six years. No person serving continuously on a board for a period in excess of six <br /> (6) years shall be eligible to reappointment to such board until he has been off such <br /> board for at least one (1) year. No elected official of the city or appointed city <br /> officer or employee of the city shall be eligible for appointment to such board. <br /> PROPOSITION#6 <br /> Shall Charter Sec. 5.2, specifying six-year terms for advisory board members, be <br /> changed to allow shorter terms, and provide a separate process for approval of elected <br /> neighborhood representatives to advisory boards? <br /> CHARTER CHANGE YES <br /> CHARTER CHANGE NO <br /> CHARTER AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Page 9 <br />