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File #: 205071    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 2/3/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/8/2018 Final action: 2/22/2018
Enactment date: 2/8/2018 Enactment #: 205071
Title: That the City Solicitor prepare a Home Rule Petition to change the name of the Board of Aldermen to City Council.
Sponsors: William A. White Jr., Jesse Clingan, Wilfred N. Mbah, Ben Ewen-Campen, Jefferson Thomas ("J.T.") Scott, Mark Niedergang, Lance L. Davis, Matthew McLaughlin, Katjana Ballantyne

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That the City Solicitor prepare a Home Rule Petition to change the name of the Board of Aldermen to City Council.

 

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That a Home Rule Petition be prepared by the City Solicitor to amend the City Charter as follows:  Section 2 of the City Charter be amended so that the words "board of aldermen" be changed to "city council." Further, that thereafter in said City Charter, the term "city council" replace "board of aldermen" wherever it appears in said City Charter. Further, that wherever the term "alderman" appears, it be replaced by the term "city councilor" wherever it appears in said City Charter.