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Proposed Ballot Measure(s) for the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election to Amend the City Charter July 19, 2022 Page 4 Section 1010: Prohibitions This amendments updates the Charter's anti -discrimination provisions, as well as requires that the City Council adopt an anti -nepotism policy. Section 1011: Contract for Performance of Administrative Functions In 2018, the City Council adopted a resolution changing the name of the Personnel Services Agency to the Human Resources department. To be consistent with these organizational changes, this amendment replaces the word "personnel" to "human resources". Section 1014: Work Stoppages Removes this section in its entirety to be consistent with state law and other applicable laws and regulations. Section 1208: Enforcement Section 1206 prescribes rules relating to campaign contribution limits for candidates for mayor or councilmember. Section 1207 prescribes rules relating to campaign committees and bank accounts. Section 1208 provides enforcement provisions relating to Sections 1206 and 1207. This amendment allows that the City to contract with a state or county entity to enforce such provisions. Section 1400: Employees' Retirement System This amendment revises the in -text references to Section 1002 to be consistent with the proposed revisions in Section 1002 relating to Civil Service. Gender Pronouns (various sections) Throughout the current Charter, references to City officials use gender -specific pronouns such as he/his/him or his or her. This amendment replaces gender -specific pronouns with they/them to be more inclusive. This change aligns with the contemporary use of pronouns relating to gender. Clerk of the Council Title (various sections) The Clerk of the Council intends to replace the title "clerk of the council" with "city clerk" to modernize and better identify this position. Section 401: City Council Compensation The Charter currently provides that the salaries of the Mayor and members of the City Council shall be established by the city council compensation formula provided for by California Government Code Section 36516. This compensation formula established the compensation of the Mayor and members of the City Council according to the population City Council 36 — 4 7/19/2022