MONTEREY >> There are currently no term limits for the city of Monterey’s mayor or council members. That will change if voters approve Measure X, one of four measures on the November ballot.

If approved, Measure X will prohibit a person from serving more than 12 years total in any elective office in the city, whether that time is served as mayor, a council member, or a combination of the two.

The proposed term limit would not apply to someone who is appointed by the city council to fill a vacancy, meaning if someone was appointed to serve the last two years of a retired council member’s term, that two years would not count toward their 12-year limit.

The term limits would apply to future terms starting with people who are elected in November.

Measure W will help fix unintentional vacancies in the council during the last couple of months of the year.

Currently, when a council member runs for mayor, their term ends on the day of the election.

In the past, this has created one to two vacancies, forcing the Monterey Council to run with a small quorum during the holiday season.

If passed, Measure W will specify that the term of office for a council member filing for mayor expires when their successor is appointed, or 40 days after the election.

The proposal also makes other clerical, non-substantive changes to sections regarding the mayor and council members.

Measure V fixes some of the language in the city charter to reflect current practices.

If approved, it will substitute gender-neutral terminology and make grammatical corrections; authorize ordinances to be adopted without reading the full ordinance in council or publishing it in the newspaper; and reflect that the Board of Library Trustees select the Library Director and the director selects the library employees.

Measure Y would amend the city’s charter to allow the city to lease its real property to qualified nonprofit organizations, government entities, or educational institutions on terms and rates that serve the community benefit.

The city’s charter currently requires all leases of city property to be at fair market rent.

This amendment still requires that all leases of city property be at fair market rate as established by sound appraisal practices, but would allow for exceptions for below market rate leases to qualified organizations where the city finds it benefits the community.

City staff say this amendment might result in reduced rent revenue to the city.