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70-136 - 9 - the purchase of supplies or materials without public advertising and bidding in the case of a real and present emergency arising in connection with the operation and maintenance of the Depart- ments of Public Service and Public Safety." 8. That Section 8 of Article VIII of the Charter be amended to increase the 11.1 mill municipal unvoted tax limitation to 14 mills, which includes the amounts needed for debt service on unvoted bonds, the amounts required for police and firemen's pensions, and earmarked rates of 1.5 mills for parks and recreation and .3 mill for implementa- tion of recommendations of the advisory commission on juvenile delin- quency, such amended Section 6 of Article VIII to read as follows: '°Article VIII, Section 8: Limitation on the Rate of Taxation The aggregate amount of taxes that may be levied by the Council, by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members eligible to vote, without a vote of the people, on any taxable property assessed and listed for taxation according to value, for all purposes of the municipality, shall not in any one year exceed fourteen (14.0) mills for each dollar of assessed valuation. Of said total maximum levy, an amount shall annually be levied sufficient to pay the interest, sinking fund and retirement charges on all notes and bonds of the municipality heretofore or hereafter authorized to be issued without the authority of the electors, which levy shall be placed before and in preference to all other levies and for the full amount thereof. Of the remaining portion of said total maximum levy, an amount shall annually be levied sufficient to provide the amounts required by law for police and firemen's pensions; an amount shall annually be levied for the purpose of paying the expense of parks and recreation and groviding park and recreational facil- ities, exclusive of debt charges on notes and bonds issued for such purpose, (1.5) mills; and beginning in tax year 1971 for distribution in 1972, and thereafter, for the purpose of paying the expense of the programs recommended by the advisory com- mission established in Section 4, Item 3 of Article V of this Charter (. 3) mills, and the balance thereof may annually be levied for the purpose of paying the current operating expenses of the municipality." 9. That Section 3 of Article X of the Charter be amended to require recall petitions to be signed by electors eligible to vote for the office to which the recall petition is directed equal in number to 25% of the votes cast for such office at the last election, such amended Section 3 of Article X to read as follows: "Article X, Section 3: Recall Electors shall have the power to remove from office by recall election, any elected official of the municipality. After an elected official has served six months of his term, a petition demanding his recall and removal may be filed with the Clerk of Council. Such a petition shall be signed by electors eligible to vote for the office to which the recall petition is directed equal in number to twenty-five per cent (25%) of the total votes cast for such office at the last election therefor. If the Clerk shall find the petition sufficient he shall promptly so certify to the Council, shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the official whose removal is sought and make a record of such de- livery. If such official shall not resign within five (5) days