City Charter Amendment Resolutions

A numbering system adopted in 2015 going forward, carves Charter Amendment Resolutions out of the overall City Resolutions List where they had previously been listed; these resolutions are now listed below in order, with the most recent at the top of the list.

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2023-3- to amend § SC6-13(h) of the City Charter to change the reference to the “Board of Supervisors of Elections” in the Charter to the “City of Salisbury Election Board” and to remove the random sampling requirement of verifying signatures on a recall petition

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2023-2- to amend § SC6-11 of the City Charter to conform with state elections laws

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2023-1- to amend § SC2-2 and § SC20-2 of the City Charter to change all references to the “Board of Supervisors of Elections” in the Charter to the “City of Salisbury Election Board”

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2022-4 – to amend the Charter of the City of Salisbury, Maryland by adding Article XXIII of the Charter to provide for Collective Bargaining

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2022-3 – to amend § SC6-9 of the Charter of the City of Salisbury to reflect the City’s contemporary election of Mayor and Council

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2022-2 – to amend § SC2-1 of the Charter of the City of Salisbury to reflect the City’s contemporary legislative districts

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2022-1 – to amend § SC1-20 of the Charter of the City of Salisbury to adjust the City’s council district boundaries to ensure proper apportionment of the City’s population within the district boundaries

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2020-5 – to amend the Charter of the City of Salisbury, Maryland by amending the requirement for Competitive Bidding for lease terms beyond 3 years in the EXCEPTIONS TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING in Article XVI § SC16-3 A(6)

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2020-4 – to amend the Charter of the City of Salisbury, Maryland by removing a Deputy City Administrator and specifying the Chain of Command in Article IV § SC4-1

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2020-3 – to amend the Charter of the City of Salisbury, Maryland by deleting Article VIII § SC8-2 – CITY CLERK QUALIFICATIONS

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2020-2 – to amend the Charter of the City of Salisbury, Maryland by deleting the Maximum Tax Rate described in Section § SC7-35 of Article VII

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2020-1 – to amend the Charter of the City of Salisbury, Maryland by adding exceptions to competitive bidding in Article XVI § SC16-3

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2017-9 – deleting references to the Director of Internal Services and replacing that position with a Director of Finance in Article XX: § SC20-1, § SC20-3, and § SC20-4

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2017-8 – deleting references to the Department of Internal Services and the Division of Procurement and replacing those references with the Department of Procurement, and deleting all references to the Director of Internal Services and deleting references to the Assistant Director of Internal Services-Procurement and replacing those references with the Director of Procurement, and correcting typographical errors in Article XVI: § SC16-1, § SC16-2, § SC16-3a, § SC16-5, § SC16-6, § SC16-7, § SC16-8, and § SC16-9; and replacing those with the Director of Finance in § SC16-10

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2017-7 – deleting the reference to the Department of Public Works and replacing it with the Department of Water Works in Article XII – Water, Sewers and Garbage: § SC12-1, § SC12-2, § SC12-3, § SC12-4, § SC12-7, and § SC12-10

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2017-6 – deleting the reference to the Department of Public Works and replacing it with the Department of Infrastructure and Development in Article XI: § SC11-5 and § SC11-9

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2017-5 – deleting the reference to the Department of Public Works and replacing it with the Department of Field Operations and the Department of Infrastructure and Development,  by renaming the Bureaus  in § SC10-1B., by changing the responsibilities in § SC10-2, and by adding § SC10-3 and § SC10-4

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2017-4 – deleting references to the Department of Internal Services and replacing those references with the Department of Finance and deleting references to the Director of Internal Services and replacing that position with a Director of Finance in Article VII: § SC7-1, § SC7-2, § SC7-3, § SC7-15, § SC7-22, § SC7-25, § SC7-37, § SC7-38, § SC7-39, § SC7-40, § SC7-41, § SC7-42, and § SC7-46(D)(F)

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2017-3 – deleting the reference to Article 23A, § 3(A) in § SC5-1.A.(38)(a) and replacing it with Local Government Article, § 6-102

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2017-2 – adding Deputy City Administrators and specifying the chain of command in Article IV: § SC 4-1

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2017-1 – deleting the reference to the Department of Public Works and replacing it with the Department of Infrastructure and Development, the Department of Water Works and the Department of Field Operations in Article I: § SC1-19

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2015-3 – To amend Article IV by eliminating Section SC6-7 Primary Elections and by amending Sections SC6-11 Challengers and …

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2015-2 – Amending the City of Salisbury Charter Section SC5-1 (Article V General Powers) for the following reasons: to allow for …

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2015-1 – Amending Section SC7-48 of The Charter of the City of Salisbury in order to (1) exclude from the calculation of the Debt Limit…