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Home Rule Charter review panel recommends shrinking Clinton council to five and other governance changes
Summary
Dave Vickers, chair of the Home Rule Charter Review Commission, presented a unanimous report recommending the city reduce its council from seven to five members, elect councilors at-large, clarify the mayor’s role, create a citizens’ compensation advisory board, and lower petition thresholds for charter changes.
Dave Vickers, chair of the Home Rule Charter Review Commission, presented the commission’s unanimous report to the Clinton City Council Committee of the Whole, summarizing proposed changes to the city’s Home Rule Charter. The commission recommended reducing the city council from seven members to five and electing them at-large; clarifying the mayor as the chief elected executive and the primary communication conduit to the city administrator; creating a citizens’ compensation advisory board to recommend elected-official pay; and lowering the minimum signatures required to initiate charter petitions from 1,500 to 1,000. “We cannot be mere consumers of good governance,” said Vickers, reading a…
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