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Mount Vernon charter panel debates virtual voting rules and readies referendum write-up
Summary
At its Feb. 19 meeting the Mount Vernon Charter Review Commission reviewed a draft write-up for a proposed budget-cap referendum, prioritized three charter changes from a survey, and asked legal counsel to clarify whether members must be physically present to cast binding votes.
The Mount Vernon Charter Review Commission on Feb. 19 discussed a near-complete write-up for a proposed referendum on a budget cap and spent the bulk of its meeting debating whether commissioners must be physically present to cast binding votes.
Commission member Corrine Bell said the blue team’s write-up on the budget-cap referendum is largely finished and will be circulated to the commission for comment after she completes the remaining sections and checks language with an attorney. “The write up is now complete,” Bell said, adding she will finish the last portion and send it to the group for review.
The discussion followed results from a SurveyMonkey query of possible charter changes. Commissioners said three proposals received the most support: strengthening the charter’s prohibition on conflicts of interest…
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