Ord 2021-61/first and final reading, ordering a General and Special Election to be held on November 2, 2021 for the purpose of electing a City Council Member for Place 5, a City Council Member for Place 6 and to submit proposed amendments to the San M

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TEXT AMENDMENT — FOR PROP "D" SECTION 3.09 OF THE CITY CHARTER WOULD BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Sec. 3.09. - Meetings of the city council. The city council shall hold at least two twenty-two regular meetings iff at a minimum each month year at a time to be fixed by it for such regular meetings, and may hold as many additional meetings during the month as may be necessary for the transaction of the business of the city and its citizens. All meetings of the city council shall be held within the city, except that the city council may conduct a meeting at a location outside the city after publishing notice of the meeting in one issue of a newspaper in general circulation in the City of San Marcos. All meetings of the city council shall be public; however, the council may recess for the purpose of discussing in a closed session any matter permitted to be so discussed by state law, provided that the general subject matter for consideration is expressed in the motion calling for such a session and that final action thereon shall not be taken by the council until the matter is placed on the agenda. Special meetings of the council shall be called by the city secretary upon the written request of the mayor or any three members of the city council. All regular city council meeting agendas shall include "Citizen Comment Period" and "Question and Answer Session with Press and Public" as agenda items. The city council shall provide by ordinance for procedures to call meetings, set meeting agendas, conduct meetings, provide for reasonable time limits on presentations to the council and any other matters necessary to the efficient and fair conduct of the public's business. TEXT AMENDMENT - FOR PROP "E" SECTION 4.01(B) OF THE CITY CHARTER WOULD BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Sec. 4.01. — City Manager. (a) Appointment and qualifications: The city council shall appoint a city manager who shall be the chief administrative and executive officer of the city, and shall be responsible to the city council for the administration of all the affairs of the city. The manager shall be chosen by the city council on the basis of education, executive and administrative training, experience and ability; and need not, when appointed, have his or her principal physical residence in the City of San Marcos. The manager shall establish his or her principal physical residence in the city, within 90 days after appointment, and shall have his or her principal physical residence in the city continuously thereafter while holding that office. (b) Term and salary: The city manager shall not be appointed for a definite term, but may be removed by a vote of 4w four members of the entire council. The action of the city council in suspending or removing the city manager shall be final, it being the intention of this Charter to vest all authority and fix all responsibility of each suspension or removal in the city council. In case of temporary absence or disability, the city manager may designate by letter filed with the city clerk a qualified administrative officer of the city to perform the duties of the city manager for a period not to exceed 30 days. In the event of failure of the city manager to make such designation, the council may by resolution appoint an officer of the city to perform the duties