The council gets 60 instead of 30 days to fill council vacancies or call elections. The charter also uses gender-neutral language and ends required full readings of ordinances or resolutions.
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Proposal impacts
Impact on Mountain View residents
A vacant council seat could remain unfilled for 60 days before the council acts.
A vacant council seat today gives the council 30 days to appoint someone or call an election.
Impact on Council reporters
Council meetings would no longer give reporters a required reading aloud of proposed laws or their titles.
Council meetings today require a law's title read aloud even when the council unanimously waives the rest.
Impact on city election staff
City election staff could wait 60 days for the council to decide whether to call a special election.
City election staff today receive that decision within 30 days of a council vacancy.
Impact on city government attorneys
City legal advice would no longer need to address mandatory readings before the council adopts a law.
City legal advice today must address full readings unless the council unanimously waives them after hearing the title.
