by David Chapman
Staff Writer
The last item voters marked on their ballots Tuesday ensured that the terms and elections of City officials will remain the same.
The measure would have amended the City Charter to allow for City elections to move to the fall beginning in 2015, with elected officials to assume office Jan. 1 rather than July in order to devote more time to crafting a budget for the next fiscal year.
To eliminate the time gap between the current schedule and amended schedule, officials elected next spring would have had six months added to their normal four-year terms.
It would have applied to City Council members and the mayor, sheriff, supervisor of elections, property appraiser and tax collector
Voters rejected the measure with a 52 percent vote against the move.
Council members Jack Webb and Richard Clark introduced the measure. The rules committee amended it.
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