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Should the City of Falls Church amend Section 3.01 of its Charter to hold elections of members of City Council in the month of November rather than the month of May by deleting the current Section 3.01 in its entirety and replacing it with the following language:

Sec. 3.01 Election of councilmembers

In the regular municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 2013, and every four (4) years thereafter, four (4) councilmembers shall be elected for terms of four (4) years each, such terms of office to begin on the first day of January, 2014, and end on the last day of December, 2017; succeeding terms shall begin on the first day of January following the year of election and end on the last day of December, four (4) years thereafter. In the regular municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 2015, and every four (4) years thereafter, three (3) councilmembers shall be elected for terms of four (4) years each, such terms of office to begin on the first day of January, 2016, and end on the last day of December, 2019; succeeding terms shall begin on the first day of January following the year of election and end on the last day of December, four (4) years thereafter. Council members serving on council who were elected in May, 2010, and those members elected in May, 2012, shall have their term of office shortened by six (6) months but shall continue in office until their successors have been elected at the November General Election and have been qualified to serve.

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Current language in the City Charter states as follows:
Sec. 3.01. – Election of councilmen.
In the regular municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday in May, nineteen hundred seventy-four, and every four (4) years thereafter, four (4) councilmen shall be elected for terms of four (4) years each, such terms of office to begin on the first day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-four, and end on the last day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-eight; succeeding terms shall begin on the first day of July in the year of election and end on the last day of June, four (4) years thereafter. In the regular municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday in May, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and every four (4) years thereafter, three (3) councilmen shall be elected for terms of four (4) years each, such terms of office to begin on the first day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and end on the last day of June, nineteen hundred eighty; succeeding terms shall begin on the first day of July in the year of election and end on the last day of June four (4) years thereafter.
(Acts 1956, ch. 190; Acts 1973, ch. 292)

KATHLEEN CLARKEN BUSCHOW
CITY CLERK