The elected officers of the City holding office on the effective date of this Charter shall continue to hold the offices to which they were elected for the balance of the terms for which they were elected and shall conduct their several offices subject to the provision of this Charter. When the terms of those elected officers expire, their successors shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.
This Charter shall be submitted to a vote of qualified electors of the City at an election which shall be held on November 5, 1996. All provisions for the submission of the question of adopting this Charter at that election shall be made in the manner provided by law. After that election, if the majority of electors voting on the issue shall vote in favor of adopting this Charter, then the City Clerk shall perform all other acts required by law to carry this Charter into effect.
The ballot question to be presented to the qualified electors of the City on November 5, 1996 shall be stated as follows:
Shall the proposed Charter be adopted as the Charter for the City of Fennville? | |
{ } Yes | { } No |
Instruction: A "yes" vote indicates that you are in favor of adopting the proposed Charter. A "no" vote indicates that you are opposed to the adoption of the proposed Charter. | |