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4 . Section 11-6 ( c) - Delete twenty days and add " thirty <br /> days excluding Saturdays , Sundays and holidays" . <br /> a . Present time allowance is not sufficient to process <br /> the petition. Twenty years ago when the charter <br /> was first approved, the registered voter count was <br /> half the current number . <br /> 5 . Section 11-6 (a) and 11- (b)= = Eliminate .this <br /> opportunity for amending the petition. <br /> a . This is not allowed in the Charter amendment peti- <br /> tion processes , and does create a potential problem <br /> if a lot of additional signatures are submitted as <br /> has happened in the past , along with the short 5 <br /> day processing time . Should the existing proviso <br /> be retained, increase the working days to 10 , to <br /> process additional signatures . <br /> 6 . Section 11-6 ( c) - Delete entire section. <br /> a . Allows the council to make its own determination <br /> on the matter , despite the clerk ' s certification , <br /> opening opportunities for challenges and delays <br /> which would encroach upon the previously stated <br /> deadlines . <br /> 7 . Section 11-7 - Eliminate [Shall elapse between the <br /> time of first reading of the initiative proposal as <br /> a bill and completion of consideration] and in its <br /> place add "after the date on which the petition was <br /> determined sufficient , the council shall" . . . <br /> 8 . Section 11-7 (b) - Amend YES for FOR and NO for <br /> AGAINST . <br /> a . To conform to standard ballot language . <br /> 880 <br /> Article XV - Charter Amendment or Revision <br /> 1 . Section 15-1 (b) - Amend as follows : <br /> By petition [presented] addressed to the council <br />