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· 9- 2-97 :57 ;° 9197332599;# 3/ 6 (g) ~Lrectic being 1985 St "Sec, ordinan ordinav If a board oublislt ~Ubdivi in faro the Co' on the date. vOtO eT an ordJ an ordi Page 2 -Ie shall annually submit to the ~ Council and make available to the complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the city as of of the fiscal year. He shall make any other reports that the ~ .Council may require lng the oper.ations of the city departments, offices, and agencies subject to his ~ and control. ~e shall perform any other duties that may be required and authorized by the '.ouncil." Section 2. Sections 4.5 and 4,6 of the Charter of the City of Concord, bapter 861 of the 1985 Session Laws, as amended, are repealed. Section 3. The Charter of the City of Concord, being Chapter 861 of the ssion Laws, as amended, is amended by adding a new 'Article to read: "ARTICLE VI, 6.1, Direct voting on issues bv the oeovle. The City Council mav adov.~ ap ce orovidin~ for a brocedure of-direCf vo~ine on issue~ bv the VeoOie. Sufih an ce ~hall contain either or both of the following vrovisions: - - {~ When twenty-five percent (25%) 6f-the ~ualified Voters of the city ~1¥ ~o the Council bv simaed oetition Ior the vur~ose of votin~ ~-ffori. ~nv ouestion of V~bli6 interest which that o~titibn_reauesis b~ Sebmitted ~o a vote 6f the citizens of the cit~ the COuncil shall 0rder a.rgferendum on the auestion. Th~election shall be held not m9~¢ lh~l 120 nor fewer.th~n 60 daVs after receiot.~.f., the oetition, NO $oecial act shall be necessary_ to/mthoriZg the-Council ~o order that ~:eferendum.. The Council shall order as many referenda under the orovi~i0r~$ of this section as jt mav be oetiti0ned to cifll in the m~ner set out in this sectiOn. The Cggnfij.1 shall call more [hax~ 9.ne election to be held for the .vurvose of voting uvon ~e same auestion if a vetition Js filed, a~ h~rein vrovide& feauesting the Council tO call that election, notwithstandilal .th~ fo¢~ ~hat a i~rior election may have been held for the purpose of ascertain~n_~ the wishes of the citizens of the city on the same auestion. (2) The Council mav submit to a vote of the neoole of tll~ city any resolution or. ordinance vassed by the Couhcil or any-Other question of vublic interest~ if the Council resolves to do-so by a vg;o of three--fifths of its total member~, ,.rendum is called under either subdivision (1) or (2) of thi~ sectign, the c0uri'tv ~f elections shall cause the Ordinance or' tesO]utaOn to be voted on to be ? in accordance with G.S. 163-33. If a referendum is .called under, either ion (1) or (2) of this section and a majori _ty of the qgalifigd vgters voting vets : of the measure vronosed, lhen the vote of the veovle shall be binding uvon moil and the citv~ a~d the measure shall becom~ eff;~[iv¢ throughout (he -ci _ty date the result~__~r~ certified uglcss the measure ~on~;ains another effective · 6.2. The City Council may. by maioritv vote,.reveal an ordinance for a direct issues by the-oeoole it has adootcd under Sec. 6~1." Section 4~ (a) The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners may adopt nanee providing for a procedure of direct voting on issues b~y. the people. Such nanee shall contain either or both of the following provisions. (1) When twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified voters of the county apply to the Board by signed petition for the purpose of voting upon any question of public interest which that petition requests be submilted to a vote of the citizens of the county, the Board shall order a referendum on the question. The election shall /& House Bill 786