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Recommendation that City Council concur in recommendation of the Charter Amendment Committee to review and discuss the proposed Charter amendments to the Long Beach City Charter as submitted by the Office of the City Attorney.
DISCUSSION
Pursuant to the request of the Charter Amendment Committee on January 7 and January 9, 2007, this office has prepared a draft of the Charter amendments which were referred to the City Council for your consideration. They are set forth below in the order that they were voted upon by the Committee. (The proposed changes are shown in strike-out and underlined format.)
Deletion of Obsolete Provisions
Sec. 903. Public Recreation Tax Levy.
The City Council shall annually levy and collect on all the taxable property in the City of Long Beach for the purposes of creating a special fund to be designated as the "Playground and Public Recreation Fund" at least five cents (5ยข) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of the value on all real and personal property of the City, as assessed by the City for City purposes, and, in addition thereto, shall have power to appropriate such additional funds as it may deem necessary and proper. Said funds shall be exclusively maintained and used to meet the legal demands and expenditures of the Board made for the purposes of public recreation.
Sec. 1500. Organization.
There is hereby created and established a Department of Public Utilities, to be under the supervision and control of the City Manager in all matters. This department shall consist of the City's Gas Utility and such other public utilities as may, from time to time, be owned, operated or controlled by the city. The City Manager shall appoint a General Manager of the Department of Public Utilities and such other supporting superintendents or managers as he determines necessary to serve at the pleasure of the City Manager.
Sec. 1700. The Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the City of Long Beach shall commence on the first day of...
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