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Introduced by Councilor Henderson, Nov. 22, 1971
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TIIAT the City Solicitor and the Staff Attorney are hereby directed to
draft and submit to the City Council on or before March 1, 1972, a proposal
for changing the method for electing candidates for the City Council, said
proposal to incorporate the fallowing objectives:
1. Six councilors shall be elected on the basis of votes
received in each of six separate districts or garde
to be established in accordance with the "one man -one
vote' rule.
a. A plurality vote will be sufficient to be elected
to a seat which represents a ward.
b. Councilors will not be obliged to reside in the
ward in which they represent.
c. two ward elections will be held each year at the
traditional time for three year terms.
2. In addition, three Councilors shall be elected at large
in the a r that all members of the Council are
presently elected, with the exception that a 'at
large' seat will be up for election each year.
IN CITY CWNCIL
Nov. 22, 1971
dilen to pass because of a lack of
motion to second, Indefinitely
Postponed.
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ORDER
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