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Committee discusses charter changes, odd-numbered legislature and onboarding plans for incoming legislators
Summary
Members discussed preparing one local law package of charter amendments including an option to set an odd number of legislators after reapportionment, and agreed to prepare a report and follow-up resolution. Committee also discussed earlier and varied onboarding for incoming legislators.
The Government Operations Committee discussed possible amendments to the county charter, including an option to set an odd number of legislators at the next reapportionment, and agreed to prepare a report and a resolution for committee and full-legislature consideration.
The committee chair (referred to in the record as the committee chair) said one proposed approach would amend the charter to allow the legislature to select among 11, 13 or 15 members after the next decennial reapportionment, which would ensure an odd number of seats. Committee…
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