HomeMy WebLinkAbout35025A / 88-257 September 1 , 1988 R257 RESOLUTION
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PUAPOSE: SET REFERENDOM FON CHANGING METHOD TO ELECT
COONCIL MEMBERS
INITIATED BY : MAYOA MATHER
WHEAEAS� the City Clerk has on August 4 � 19bb, certified as to
the sufficiency of a petition proposing a Charter Ortlinance for the
City of Oshkosh changing the method of electing City Council
members , filed pursuant to Section 9.20 of the Wisconsin Statutes;
and
WHEREAS, said petition requires the City Couneil of the City of
Oshkosh to either pass saitl ortlinance without alteration or, in the
alternative , to submit said ordinance to the eleetors of the City of
Oshkosh at the next election ; antl
WHEREAS, the impact of such legislation should be decided by
the electors of the City of Oshkosh;
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the
City of Oshkosh that the proper City officials are hereby authorized
and directed to place the question presented i� said petition on a
referendum ballot to be voted on at the November 8, 1988, regular
election .
BE IT FURTHEA FESOLVED that the question presented to the
eleetorate shall be as follows :
Shall the City of Oshkosh change the method of electing
City Council members by charter ordinance to divide the City
into six (6) districts, to elect one ( 1) Council member from
each numberetl district antl to elect the Mayor at large from the
city as a whole who shall have the same voting pouers as the
other Councilmembersl
YES NO
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