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Committee advances changes to pension board term limits, election timing and signature rules
Summary
The Public Safety and Governance Committee reviewed and advanced an ordinance to modify term limits, interim appointment procedures and ballot-signature thresholds for the city retirement board; the committee moved the item for passage after presenters described a cooling-off period and election-timing requirements.
The Cincinnati Public Safety and Governance Committee on an item addressing the city retirement system advanced changes to how members serve on and are elected to the municipal pension board.
Committee Chair Scotty Johnson called the item and Council Member Seth Walsh described the substantive changes: members would remain limited to three terms (each four years), would be required to sit out one full term before seeking reelection, and the ordinance would reduce the number of signatures required to qualify for the ballot. Walsh said the change also clarifies interim appointment authority if an elected seat becomes vacant and no candidate files, while requiring that a formal election be called within a specified period.
The revision also sets an election timetable, Walsh and…
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