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amount from $4 , 000 to $10 , 000 for informal 14. Raise informal bids . bid amount to $10,000. I. Article XI - Initiative and referendum 1. Section 11-2 - Powers. This ought to 15. Reinstate Art. be reinstated verbatim because of its relevancy XI; include to financial matters/decisions. zoning matters. Chairman Bethea asked whether zoning should be subject to initiative; Mr . Carpenter salt that ifgovernmenttakes property through down- zoning, there should be compensation. Mr. Carpenter thought 15% was reasonable; that if you go below that percentage, definitely reinstate the language of 11-2. 16. Initiative/refer- With regard to petitions and sub- endum: petition mission of names , Mr. Carpenter suggested the names should have names not be cumulative throughout various required number years; a time frame needs to be identified. of names and cut- off date. J. Article XIII - General 1 . Section 13 . 3 - Confirmation, qualification, appointment. Since beginning of office, unclear on interpretations of these 17. Re-define: "con- three words. Confirmation especially wasn' t firmation," addressed. Mayor had to use prerogative of not "qualification," waiting for Council toconfirm, but to appoint and "appointment." the new department heads himself. Mr. Carpenter based this on the new department heads ' offices being co-terminous with his and his knowledge that they were qualified. The section needs to be clarified by the Charter Commission and the word "confirmation" needs to be inserted some- where. Dr. Juvik suggested minimum qualifications should be inserted into the Charter; and Mr. Carpenter agreed. Mr. Carpenter did modify his statement to include that Public Works ' chief engineer did not need to be a licensed professional engineer , but needed more administrative experience. 2. Section 13-4 - Boards and commissions. Items (c) , (d) and (e) all relate to unexpired terms; Mr. Carpenter felt the old appointees having to fill the position for three months 436