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Council forwards package of charter changes to rules committee after floor votes
Summary
Barberton City Council voted to send a set of proposed charter amendments — including nonpartisan elections, term limits and administrative reorganizations — to the rules committee for drafting into resolutions and further review.
Barberton City Council on June 9 voted to forward a broad package of proposed charter amendments to the Rules Committee for drafting into ballot resolutions, after a floor session in which councilmembers took roll-call votes on multiple individual changes.
The measures advanced by simple majority include proposals to make municipal elections nonpartisan, to add term limits for the mayor and for council members, to change election timing and nomination procedures, and a range of administrative updates affecting department qualifications and appointment authorities. Council President Greer framed the vote as a filter to reduce “voter fatigue,” saying the floor votes would let the council decide which items move forward for formal drafting and later public consideration.
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