Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Proposition 5, Information about City Employee Job Performance Provided to the City Manager Charter Amendment (November 2020)
| Oklahoma City Proposition 5 | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic City governance and Local charter amendments | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Referral | Origin Lawmakers |
Oklahoma City Proposition 5 was on the ballot as a referral in Oklahoma City on November 3, 2020. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the charter to do the following:
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A "no" vote opposed this measure to continue to require that the city council or mayor deal with city administration only through the city manager but state that violators of that rule "may be charged with a misdemeanor" instead of "shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and to state that certain communication to the city manager does not violate the requirement. |
A simple majority was required for the approval of Proposition 5.
Election results
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Oklahoma City Proposition 5 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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145,392 | 67.56% | ||
| No | 69,826 | 32.44% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 5 was as follows:
| “ | SHALL ARTICLE IV, SEC, 4 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY BE AMENDED? | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | The existing language of Article IV, Section 4, of the Oklahoma City Charter, now designated 4(a), relates to the exclusive control of City management employees by the City Manager of the City and states that the Mayor or Council shall deal with the administrative service of the City solely through the City Manager. Subsection 4(a) is amended to state that the Mayor or a City Councilor “may be charged with a misdemeanor” upon violating the above-stated limitations, instead of stating that such officer “shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” A new Subsection 4(b) is added to state that the Mayor or any City Councilor may provide information to the City Manager regarding the positive or negative job performance of any officer or employee under the City Manager; however, such information must be based on direct personal knowledge or on a signed written statement provided by a resident. Providing information to the City Manager pursuant to Subsection 4(b) will never be considered to constitute a violation of Subsection 4(a). | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Oklahoma City.
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