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An Ordinance proposing an Amendment to Section 4.07 of the Charter of the Urban County Government to provide that the Urban County Council shall, by Ordinance or Resolution, establish standards for Council member attendance and accountability, which shall be reviewed at the beginning of each Council term, and further provide that records documenting compliance with attendance and accountability standards shall be public records; making the amendment effective for the term of office beginning on January 4, 2027; and placing the proposed amendment on the ballot at the general election to be held on November 3, 2026. [Council Office, Hall]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - It is proposed that Section 4.07 of the Charter of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government be amended to read as follows effective for the term of office beginning on January 4, 2027:
The presiding Officer of the Council shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Merged Government, to be known as the "Mayor." As presiding Officer, the Mayor shall have a vote on all matters, substantive and procedural, only in the case of a tie vote among the elected members of the Council. In no case shall the Mayor, as presiding Officer, be denied the right of introducing, presenting or otherwise inserting into the record of the Council any Resolution, recommendation, or proposed Ordinance.
In the absence of the Mayor, the presiding Officer of the Council shall be the Vice-Mayor, who shall be the at-large member of the Council who received the highest number of votes in the last preceding general election of the Merged Government at which at-large Council members were elected. In the event the at-large member receiving the highest number of votes in the general election should be or become unwilling, unqualified or unable to serve, the at-large member who received the next highest number of votes and who is willing and qualified to s...
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