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Norwalk council signals support to rename 'Common Council' to 'City Council' and ask administration to estimate costs

5391237 · July 15, 2025
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Members of the Norwalk Common Council signaled support during a special Zoom meeting to recommend changing the charter language from “Common Council” to “City Council,” and asked staff to return an estimate of any administrative costs for implementation.

Presiding council member Nora opened a discussion of the Charter Revision Commission’s draft charter and, when the council turned to Article I, asked whether anyone objected to changing the body’s name from Norwalk Common Council to Norwalk City Council. A majority of council members present expressed no objection to the change, and several members asked the administration to estimate any direct costs before a final vote. “If anyone has any objection to changing the name from the Norwalk Common Council to the Norwalk City Council, make…

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