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November 2020 charter election: voters approve a meeting-schedule amendment and reject four-year terms
According to the 2024 Charter Review Citizens Committee report, Amarillo voters on November 3, 2020 approved Charter Proposition C, which changed Article V, Section 12(a) so the council meets at least 24 times a year, and rejected Proposition B, which would have provided four-year staggered terms, by a margin of 6.7%. The report says the 1913 charter had been amended nine times, the 2020 amendment being the most recent, and that the Texas Constitution bars amending a city charter more often than every two years.[1][2]
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The Charter Review Citizens Committee report states that on November 3, 2020 Amarillo voters approved Charter Amendment Proposition C (council meets at least 24 times per calendar year, Article V, Section 12(a)) and that Proposition B, which would have provided four-year staggered terms (Article V, Section 2), failed by a margin of 6.7%. [1]
- Prop b 2020 margin
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Ginger Nelson, Mayor: NewsChannel10 reported in November 2020 that the meeting-frequency amendment passed and quoted Mayor Ginger Nelson: "We need to stop meeting and start working." [2]
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The committee report states that the Amarillo City Charter was adopted in November 1913 and had been amended nine times by voters, and that the Texas Constitution (Article 11, Section 5) bars altering a city charter more often than every two years, with failed ballot measures not counting; it concluded that the charter could next be submitted to voters on November 5, 2024. [1]