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Committee begins charter update process; odd‑number legislature and election alignment under discussion
Summary
The Government Operations Committee reviewed proposed charter edits on June 5 including a change to an odd number of legislators and aligning election timing with state law; members asked for timelines and said proposed changes will return as resolutions in July.
The Tompkins County Government Operations Committee on June 5 reviewed several proposed updates to the county charter, including a recommendation to set the legislature to an odd number of members and to align certain election timing provisions with New York State law.
County staff presented four charter‑related changes the committee has discussed over the past year and said they will return with…
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