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Charter panel to revise council investigation language after union objections
Summary
The Lansing Charter Commission agreed May 6 to return revised language on council investigations and employee cooperation after city unions raised collective-bargaining concerns; the commission directed staff to draft deletions and clarifications for review next week.
LANSING, Mich. — The Lansing Charter Commission on May 6 agreed to return revised language on council investigations to address concerns from union representatives about possible conflicts with the Public Employee Relations Act (PERA).
The issue centered on proposed revisions to Article III (council investigations), including language that would let the council compel attendance of “city officers” and require employees to “cooperate” with inquiries. The commission’s city attorney, Kristen (city attorney), told commissioners her legal review did not find that drafting the charter revision and submitting it to voters would by itself violate PERA, but she said the language contains “gray areas” that could touch mandatory subjects…
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