#REDIRECT {{sourcelink|Charter of the City of Pensacola, 1931|Charter of the City of Pensacola, 2010}}The '''Charter of the City of Pensacola''' is the document which establishes the [[City of Pensacola]] and provides for the government thereof. The [[Source:Charter of the City of Pensacola, 1931|current charter]] was adopted in [[1931]]. No fewer than three different charter documents have been used before, and there have been unsuccessful efforts at several points in Pensacola's history to propose the adoption of alternate charters. ==History of charter documents=====1895 charter===The [[1895]] charter abolished the [[Provisional Municipality of Pensacola]] and organized the City of Pensacola under a [[Wikipedia:Mayor-council government|mayor-council government]]. This form of government and charter remained in place until it was superceded by the [[1913]] charter, which provided for a [[Wikipedia:City commission government|city commission government]]. ===1913 charter==={{sect-stub}} ===1931 charter===The [[1931]] charter organized the City of Pensacola under a [[Wikipedia:Council-manager government|council-manager government]]. ===2010 charter===The [[2010]] charter, approved in a November 2009 [[Charter of the City of Pensacola#2009_referendum|referendum]], will reorganize the City government under a [[Wikipedia:Mayor–council government|mayor–council government]]. ==Proposed alternatives=====[[1916]] referendum==={{main|Pensacola City charter referendum, 1916}} In [[1913]], the City of Pensacola adopted a new charter and transitioned to a [[Wikipedia:City commission government|city commission government]]. In [[1915]], the Florida Legislature appointed a "Charter Board" to study that charter and recommend any necessary revisions. The Charter Board recommended that the City return to the previous [[Wikipedia:Mayor-council government|mayor-council government]], and a referendum was held to decide the issue. The initiative failed by a large margin and the commission government was retained until [[1931]]. ===[[2009]] referendum==={{main|Pensacola City charter referendum, 2009}} In [[2009]], a mail-in referendum was conducted to consider the adoption of a new City charter, including a transition to a [[Wikipedia:Mayor-council government|Mayor-council government]]. The proposed charter was adopted. {{stub}}