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Barberton council adopts broad charter amendments, will place package on November ballot
Summary
City council approved a series of charter amendments changing appointing authority for some department heads, allowing nonpartisan elections, updating board rules and other provisions; council voted to combine the amendments into a single package for the November ballot.
Barberton City Council on Monday approved a broad set of amendments to the city charter that change appointment rules for several department positions, require recorded meetings for boards in Article 6, add qualification language for some department heads and move several administrative updates toward voters on the November ballot.
The measures matter because they alter who appoints key city positions, adjust procedural requirements for boards and commissions and change how council-presented charter changes will appear to voters. Council members said the updates are intended to modernize language that has become outdated.
Councilwoman Gerhardt, chair of the Rules, Marking and Development Committee, presented the package and guided council through amendments and…
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