Referred to the People by the City Council

Measure Adopting an Updated Aumsville City Charter

Question: Shall the city of Aumsville adopt a new city charter to replace the current charter adopted in 1964?

Summary: City of Aumsville’s current 1964 charter contains outdated terminology, a mayor/council form of government, a $5,000 debt limitation and no contract liability provisions. The Model Charter for Oregon Cities was used to modernize city government with a new charter that would:

• Form a council/city administrator form of government as recommended for cities that have reached our size;

• Increase the council from six to an uneven seven members;

• No longer mandate the office of recorder or municipal judge, allowing council instead to create, abolish and combine appointive offices;

• Provide updated and gender neutral language in the BOUNDARIES, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, COUNCIL, POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS, VACANCIES IN OFFICE, and ORDINANCES chapters;

• Conform the ELECTIONS chapter to state law, change filing fee nomination to ordinance procedures, and update Oath of Office language;

• Replace current $5,000 debt limit with applicable state law limits;

• Delete the following sections now preempted or otherwise covered by state law: Journal, Proceedings To Be Public, Condemnation, Bids, And Torts;