City Charter Amendment Questions

Proposition 27

Summary of question: Requiring the mayor to devote his/her full-time to the duties of the office; the mayor may have outside employment only if there is no material conflict in performing the mayoral duties; and establishing new mayoral duties and responsibilities.

Absentee/Early
 Polls
 Total
For
  677 2,109
 2,786
Against 517
 1,598
 2,115

Proposition 28

Summary of question: Allowing the mayor to second a motion to remove the city manager.

Absentee/Early
 Polls
 Total
For
 856
 2,361
 3,217
Against
 346
 1,312
 1,658

Proposition 29

Summary of question: Establishing new duties for the city manager (assist the Governing Body in developing long term goals for the city and strategies to achieve these goals; and promote partnerships among the Governing Body, staff and citizens in developing public policy and building a sense of community) and clarifying existing duties.
  Absentee/Early Polls Total
For 875 2,613 3,488
Against 333 1,061 1,394

Proposition 30

Summary of question: Grammatical change to existing language in Section 5.03 (Department Directors; Discipline; Termination), which makes no substantive change to existing procedure.

Absentee/Early
 Polls
 Total
For
 881
 2,534
 3,415
Against
 333
 1,157
 1,490

Proposition 31

Summary of question: Clarifying language added to Section 5.07 (Boards and Commissions; Advisory Bodies) that makes it clear that existing provisions do not apply to internal boards or committees that consist solely of appointive offices or employees, which may be created from time to time in order to carry out their assigned duties.

Absentee/Early
 Polls
 Total
For
 880
 2,600
 3,480
Against
 325
 1,073
 1,398

Proposition 32

Summary of question: Removing the Utilities Commission from the Charter; commission would continue to exist through a previously adopted ordinance.

Absentee/Early
 Polls
 Total
For
 672
 1,886
 2,538
Against
 424
 1,447
 1,871

Proposition 33

Summary of question: Removing the Parks and Recreation Commission from the Charter; commission would continue to exist through a previously adopted ordinance.

Absentee/Early
 Polls
 Total
For
 648
 1,803
 2,451
Against
 461
 1,529
 1,990

Proposition 34

Summary of question: Requiring the Governing Body to prepare and adopt an ordinance which requires voters to furnish photo identification at the time a vote is cast at the polling location in Rio Rancho municipal elections.

Absentee/Early
 Polls
 Total
For
 915
 2,926
 3,841
Against
 256
 719
 975

Proposition 35

Summary of question: Increasing from 10 to 50, the required number of signatures by registered voters on an intention to file a petition for recall of a city councilor or the mayor.

Absentee/Early
 Polls
 Total
For
 874
 2,618
 3,492
Against
 297
 1,001
 1,298
Please see attached for complete Charter amendment ballot question language (MS Word / PDF).