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Council leans to send city administrator confirmation and related appointment language to voters; contract questions remain
Summary
Councilors indicated by straw poll that they want residents to decide whether the mayor’s appointment of a city administrator should be subject to council confirmation. Members also debated whether administrators should be at‑will or contract employees and how severance/appropriation would be handled.
Canal Winchester councilors and staff spent part of the June 30 Committee of the Whole debating whether the city administrator should be subject to confirmation by a majority of council and whether that confirmation (or related appointment rules) should go to voters as a charter amendment.
A majority of council signaled they prefer placing the confirmation requirement before residents, according to…
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