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Charter rules committee advances recall measure to full council for Nov. 2025 ballot
Summary
A Holyoke City Council committee voted to send a proposal for a special act recalling four‑year elected officials to the full council with a recommendation after debate over signature thresholds and election costs.
The Charter Rules Committee voted April 2 to send to the full City Council a proposed special-act charter amendment that would allow voters to pursue recall elections for some four‑year city officials, with the question to be placed on the November 2025 ballot if subsequent steps are approved.
The measure, filed Feb. 4 by Councilors Jordan and Bacon and presented to the committee as a reintroduction of language the council approved in 2017, would create a recall petition and election process for the mayor and city clerk (the treasurer had been removed from consideration earlier in the discussion). "This is a rehash of an item that the Council had adopted back in 2017," said Councilor Jardine during the committee discussion.
The proposal would use a relatively high signature threshold to trigger a recall election. Committee members discussed using a…
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