The CRC shall review the Charter to determine its adequacy and suitability to the needs of the County and may propose amendments. The CRC may also make recommendations to the County Council and publish its findings.
(1) 
The County Council shall cause an election of a CRC in 2020 and at least every ten (10) years thereafter provided that the CRC election is held in an even numbered year.
(a) 
The CRC shall consist of fifteen to twenty-five (15-25) persons. The number of CRC members for each County Council Residency District shall be apportioned according to the population distribution in each County Council Residency District.
(b) 
Candidates for the CRC must be residents of the county and registered voters of the district in which they run and have been registered voters in the County for at least five (5) years preceding their election.
(c) 
There shall be no filing fee nor shall there be a primary. The qualified voters of the respective districts shall vote only for candidates from their district at the general election. Candidates' names shall appear on all ballots as drawn by lot.
(d) 
The member of the CRC who receives the greatest number of votes shall convene the first CRC meeting.
(e) 
The term of office shall be the shorter of one (1) year or when final recommendations are submitted to the Legislative Body [County Council] for referral to the voters.
(f) 
The CRC shall meet at such times and in such places as it deems appropriate upon having given public notice.
If any person elected to the CRC dies, resigns, or misses four consecutive regular meetings for any reason, that person shall have vacated his or her position, whereupon the CRC shall fill the position with the vote runner-up from the same district within fifteen days of that vacation, or the seat may be left vacant, by a majority vote of the CRC.
(1) 
The County Council shall provide to the CRC reasonable funds, facilities and services appropriate to an elected County agency. Provisions shall be made in the budget for the expenditures of the CRC during its scheduled term of office.
(2) 
Members of the CRC shall serve without salary, except that they shall be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
(1) 
Any proposed Charter amendment shall be filed and registered with the County Auditor and submitted to the voters at the next November general election occurring at least ninety (90) days after registration of the proposed amendment with the County Auditor.
(2) 
In submitting any amendment of the Charter to the voters, any alternate article or proposition may be presented for the choice of the voters and may be voted on separately without prejudice to others. An amendment which embraces a single or inter-related subject may be submitted as a single proposition even though it is composed of changes to one or more Articles.
(3) 
If a proposed amendment is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issues, it shall be effective ten (10) days after the results of the election are certified, unless a later date is specified in the petition or ordinance proposing the amendment.
(4) 
Any implementing ordinance required by any Charter amendment shall be enacted by the County Council within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the amendment is effective, unless the amendment provides otherwise.
The CRC may propose amendments to the Charter by filing such proposed amendments with the County Council who shall submit the amendment to the voters at the next November general election at least ninety (90) days after the filing and registration of the amendments.
The public may propose amendments to the Charter by:
(a) 
Registering with the County Auditor an initiative petition bearing the signatures of registered voters of the County equal in number to at least fifteen (15) percent of the number of votes cast in the County in the last gubernatorial election.
(b) 
Signatures shall be registered not more than one hundred twenty (120) days following filing of the petition with the County Auditor, who shall submit the amendments to the voters.
(i) 
The one hundred and twenty (120) day period shall begin upon receipt of official notification to petitioner(s) by the Prosecuting Attorney's Office either by certified mail or messenger.
(ii) 
If the last day for collecting signatures falls on a weekend or legal holiday, then the one hundred and twenty (120) day period shall extend to the end of the next business day.
(1) 
The County Council may propose amendments to the Charter by enacting an ordinance to submit a proposed amendment to the voters at the next November general election occurring at least ninety (90) days after enactment.
(2) 
The County Council by unanimous vote of the entire County Council may effect amendments to the language of the Charter where the passage of time has rendered language moot or obsolete. Such changes shall be made by ordinance, and have a public hearing.