Charter Review Committee
Pursuant to Section 45B of the City Charter, Gresham City Council appointed a Charter Review Committee (CRC) composed of Gresham residents to review the current language of the City's Charter. The City requires review of the Charter every eight years.
The Charter Review Committee delivered a final report with six recommended Gresham City Charter amendments to the Gresham City Council in April 2023.
Read the CRC’s
final report.
The City Council decided to place one or more of the CRC’s recommended changes on the ballot. With the final report, Council dissolved the 2021-2023 CRC.
November election
Read the ballot measure
City Charter amendment: majority voting
The committee determined the current City Charter denies the will of the majority of voters approving a Charter change. The Charter requires voter approval to change any word, phrase, grammar, or punctuation in the document. The current Gresham Charter requires that amendments must receive 60% or more of the votes in favor of the change.
If this ballot measure is approved, any amendment of the City Charter would still require voter approval. Charter Section 45A would be amended to change the voter approval requirement to “A majority of votes cast on the proposed measure."
Contact
For more information, email
CAOmail@GreshamOregon.gov.