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Home rule charter commission recommends voters consider substantive charter changes
Summary
The city's home rule charter commission forwarded several substantive recommendations for voter consideration, including making the city secretary an appointed position, removing an age restriction on candidates, and changing petition presentation rules; staff will present non‑substantive edits to council in July.
A Home Rule Charter Commission that has met since January recommended a set of substantive and non‑substantive changes to the City of White House charter and asked the council to send six substantive items to the voters for approval.
City staff explained the commission's two tracks: non‑substantive cleanups the council may adopt administratively and substantive changes that must be decided by voters. "The…
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