SECTION 1: Section 6 of the City of Holyoke Charter shall be amended by deleting the reference to “city treasurer” in the first sentence.

SECTION 2: Section 15 of the City of Holyoke Charter shall be amended by adding the following after the third full sentence:

“Said city council shall also in the month of January, beginning in calendar year 2026, elect by ballot one treasurer who shall hold the office for the term of three (3) years beginning with the first Monday in February in the year of the election and until a successor is elected and qualified unless the position is sooner vacated. The qualifications for the position of treasurer shall be established by ordinance. The present treasurer shall continue to hold the office until the first Monday in February in the year two thousand twenty six (2026).”

SECTION 3: So much of Chapter 438 of the Acts of 1896 and Chapter 327 of the Acts of 1936 and acts in amendment thereof and addition thereto, as is inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4: The General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Mayor and City Council approve amendments before enactment by the General Court. The Mayor and City Council are hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition.

SECTION 5: This Act shall authorize the City of Holyoke to conduct a special municipal election on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 on the question of approving a charter amendment changing the elected position of city treasurer to one appointed by the City Council. Such charter change and the related provisions of this Act shall take effect upon its approval by voters.