Committee flags petition-signature and mayor-term changes for future charter discussion
Members expressed interest in raising the nomination-petition signature threshold and in studying whether mayoral terms/timing should shift to regular elections to reduce costs; public funding for campaigns was raised as a long-term idea.
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Committee members asked staff to include several charter-change items in future work: increasing the nomination-petition signature threshold (some members said 25 feels low) and considering whether the mayor's term timing should move to coincide with larger elections to reduce costs and increase turnout. A member urged weighing the trade-offs of extending or shortening current terms if timing shifts are implemented.
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