ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND

CHARTER AMENDMENTS

To amend the Anne Arundel County Charter to allow the County Auditor to have access to all records and files pertaining to County business; to allow the County Auditor to conduct additional financial and performance audits or reviews of any office, department, or agency funded in whole or in part by County funds; and to allow the County Auditor to conduct investigations of an act or allegation of fraud, waste, or abuse in the obligation, expenditure, or use of County resources.

	For*	Against
	232,956	39,404
% of Total	85.5%	14.5%

Question B:
EXECUTIVE BRANCH - APPOINTMENT & CONFIRMATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT HEADS

To amend the Anne Arundel County Charter to require County Council confirmation of the County Executives appointments of the County Attorney, Chief of Police, and Fire Chief and to allow the County Council, on the affirmative vote of not less than five members, to prevent removal of a County Attorney appointed by the County Executive.

	For*	Against
	195,707	69,030
% of Total	73.9%	26.1%

Question C:
MERIT SYSTEM - EXEMPT POSITIONS

To amend the Anne Arundel County Charter to remove the limit of 1500 hours per calendar year for hourly rate contractual employees in the exempt service under Section 802(a)(14)of the Charter.

	For*	Against
	165,008	93,157
% of Total	63.9%	36.1%

Question D:
CENTRALIZED PURCHASING - COMPETITIVE BIDDING

To amend the Anne Arundel County Charter to permit the County Council to increase the minimum value of purchases and contracts requiring full competitive bidding to an amount not less than $25,000 and not greater than $100,000.

	For*	Against
	172,787	88,149
% of Total	66.2%	33.8%

Question E:
MERIT SYSTEM - PROBATIONARY PERIOD - EXTENSION OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD

To amend Section 806 of the Anne Arundel County Charter to modify the probationary period from six months to the time required to complete the departments entry-level training program plus twelve months for entry-level full-time classified sworn employees of the Police Department, Fire Department, Sheriffs Office, and Department of Detention Facilities, and to provide that a probationary period does not run while an employee is on paid or unpaid leave that exceeds 80 consecutive hours.

	For*	Against
	215,259	51,679
% of Total	80.6%	19.4%

Question F:
EXECUTIVE BRANCH - EXPANDING THE LIMITATION ON TERM OF TEMPORARY APPOINTEES

To amend the Anne Arundel County Charter to expand the initial term for an acting Chief Administrative Officer or acting head of any office or department from sixty days to one hundred twenty days, and to allow the County Council to extend that term by up to two additional six month periods instead of the current four months.

	For*	Against
	156,083	105,120
% of Total	59.8%	40.2%

Question G:
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION

To amend the Anne Arundel County Charter to require the Anne Arundel County Human Relations Commission.

	For*	Against
	181,918	75,120
% of Total	70.8%	29.2%