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We are looking to add a Charter Amendment to this years ballot. It will include Section 22.1 Special Assessments: No Special assessment shall be levied, or if existing be re-imposed, by the City against any real property unless the procedures to make such levy has been invoked by a petition submitted to the City Council bearing the bona fide signatures of the majority of the owners of record, as of the date of submission, of the property to be assessed.
Section 22.2 Limitation on Budget Increases:
The FWB Council shall not adopt any annual budget which would result in an increase from the Base Budget hereinafter described in any one year of more than 3% or the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for the previous year. whichever is less, without approval of a majority of the electors of the City voting thereon at a general or special election called for purposes of such approval. The "Base Budget" shall initially be $41,714,146. the budget adopted by the City for FY 2018-2019. Thereafter the "Base Budget" shall be the most recently adopted budget.
Section 3.1: Prohibition of Compensation to Elected Officials:
No elected official shall receive any compensation, including without limitation a salary or other item of financial benefit, nor for any services rendered by the member to the City. This prohibition shall not preclude reimbursement for expense actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
Basically, stop letting the City Council meet 1-2 times per month and get paid a yearly salary on top pf their regular jobs and impose property and budget regulations that increase our bills and taxes without our knowledge and approval first.
