Apache Junction council seeks authority to schedule special elections for referendums
The Apache Junction City Council on Feb. 6-7 discussed and voted to direct the city attorney to draft amendments to the city code creating authority for the council to schedule special elections for referendum, initiative and recalls.
Voting yes were Mayor Jeff Serdy, Vice Mayor Chip Wilson and council members Jeff Struble, Gail Evans, Christa Rizzi, Dave Waldron and Robin Barker.
“This gives us the capabilities. If another referendum come sin we don’t have to scramble at the last minute,” Mayor Serdy said in an interview following the Feb. 7 Apache Junction City Council meeting. “If there’s a referendum on something we don’t even know about yet, now we already have the mechanism in place to call one.”
City Attorney Joel Stern said the change is a policy decision by the city council.
