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Commissioners and residents debate strong-mayor plan, citing MSU report and checks-and-balances concerns
Summary
Public speakers and several commissioners argued both for and against replacing Lansing’s current system with a stronger mayor; commissioners cited an MSU report in defense of the strong-mayor approach while critics urged more deliberation and potential reconsideration.
Public commenters and commissioners used the Sept. 11 Lansing Charter Commission meeting to revisit the commission’s proposed shift toward a stronger mayoral system, invoking a Michigan State University report and sparring over whether the city should instead adopt a city-manager form of government.
Resident Stan Shuck told the commission he was “disenchanted” by prior meetings and criticized a post-meeting media interview in which, he said, a commission member expressed support for a strong-mayor plan. Shuck said many voters he spoke with wanted a city-manager option or language explicitly enabling appointment of a city manager.
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