§ 2. Charter commission created.

There is hereby created the Kannapolis Charter Commission. The commission shall:

(1)

Prepare a Charter for the City of Kannapolis which shall:

a.

Provide that the City of Kannapolis has all the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities conferred and imposed on cities by the General Law of North Carolina;

b.

Establish the city's boundaries, which shall be those established in accord with section 11 of this act and shall continue until changed in accord with law;

c.

Determine the term of office and the manner of electing the mayor and the members of the city's governing board, and the number of council members, all within the limits set forth in G.S. Chapter 160A, Article 5, Part 4;

d.

Determine whether the city shall operate under the council-manager plan as provided in G.S. Chapter 160A, Article 7, Part 2, or under the mayor-council plan as provided in G.S. Chapter 160A, Article 7, Part 3.

(2)

Prepare a report setting forth the commission's evaluation of the effect of incorporation on the citizens of the Kannapolis area if the voters should approve its incorporation, and more specifically:

a.

Set forth its recommendations for the initial level and plan of municipal services to be provided by the City of Kannapolis upon incorporation and how those services would be financed;

b.

Outline its recommendations for providing each major municipal service, which might include either providing the service by force account or by contract with other public bodies or private agencies;

c.

Include any recommendations for additional Charter provisions or special legislation that the City of Kannapolis should seek through enactment by the 1985 General Assembly and that the commission deems necessary or desirable to meet special needs of or conditions within the city.

(3)

Provide for the dissemination of its report and the proposed Charter to the citizens of the Kannapolis area.