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Florida League of Cities briefs Panama City charter review board on charter basics and forms of government
Summary
Presenters from the Florida League of Cities and Florida Gulf Coast University told the Charter Review Advisory Board that a city charter should be a limited legal document, recommended a council–manager form for Panama City and warned against putting highly prescriptive rules in the charter.
The Florida League of Cities and local university instructors gave the Panama City Charter Review Advisory Board a primer on what belongs in a municipal charter and the strengths and weaknesses of different forms of local government.
The presentation, led by Chris Holly, director of member services and training for the Florida League of Cities, and Dr. Robert Lee, associate professor at Florida Gulf Coast University and an instructor for the League, emphasized that a city charter functions as a local constitution and advised the board to keep the charter narrowly focused on structure and high-level rules.
"City charter is a legal document that should be limited in scope," Dr. Robert Lee said, urging the board to avoid embedding detailed operational rules that can limit a city's flexibility to accept grants or respond quickly to…
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