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• <br /> 0 <br /> Section 15-3. Mandatory Charter Reviews. The charter shall be <br /> reviewed in every year which ends with the digit nine . Not later than the <br /> fifteenth day of January of the charter review year, the mayor, with the <br /> confirmation of the council , shall appoint a charter commission composed of <br /> eleven members to study and review the operation of the government of the <br /> county under this charter. Commission members shall be representative of <br /> the various council districts. The council shall appropriate funds to <br /> enable the commission to carry out its duties, including the hiring to <br /> necessary staff. <br /> The commission shall hold at least one public hearing in each of the <br /> council districts. The commission may propose amendments to the existing <br /> charter or a draft of a new charter. The commission's proposal shall be <br /> forwarded to the county clerk, who shall provide for its submission to the <br /> electors of the county at either a special election as determined by the <br /> commission or at the first general election following the charter review <br /> year . <br /> The commission shall publish not less than forty-five days before any <br /> election, at least once in a daily newspaper of general circulation within <br /> the county, a brief digest of the amendments or charter and the purpose <br /> thereof and a notice to the electorate that copies of the amendments or <br /> charter are available at the county clerk's office and at all public <br /> libraries. <br /> Section 15-4. Ballot . The petitioners, the council , or the <br /> commission , depending upon which body initiated the changes, shall decide <br /> how their proposal shall be broken into independent units for voting <br /> purposes, but in no case shall the units be greater than individual <br /> articles of the charter. A majority of votes cast for any given unit shall <br /> be required for passage of that unit.. Any provisions approved by the voters <br /> shall become effective at noon on the thirtieth day after the election , <br /> unless otherwise provided in the charter as it will stand with the appoved <br /> changes. <br /> Section 15-5. Disbanding of Commission. Members of the charter <br /> commission shall hold office until the election at which their proposal is <br /> voted on, except that if the charter as adopted or amended by the voters <br /> requires adjustments to correct the numbering, or other nonsubstantive <br /> changes, the commission shall make such adjustments, subject to approval by <br /> two thirds of the council membership. If the charter as adopted by the <br /> voters contains incompatible or incomplete provisions, the commission <br /> shall , before disbanding, make recommendations to the council as to how <br /> such flaws might be remedied. <br /> Section 16-1 , Schedule, This charter, as amended, shall take full <br /> effect at noon on the thirtieth day after its ratification by the <br /> electorate. <br /> Section 16-2. Existing Laws and Conflicting Laws. [formerly Section <br /> 16-3; shift all succeeding sections down one slot .] All county ordinances, <br /> resolutions, orders and regulations which are in force when this charter, <br /> or amendments to it , take full effect , are repealed to the extent that they <br /> are inconsistent with or interfere with the effective operation of the <br /> charter. <br /> Section 16-3. Status of Agencies and Personnel . <br /> 597 <br />