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Resident urges keeping ward seats and cautions on recall language as commission reviews charter
Summary
A Clinton resident urged the Charter Review Commission to retain ward-based council seats and warned that recall language and an at-large plan could reduce neighborhood representation; commissioners discussed a legal opinion that recall elections are not permitted under Iowa law.
Joel Boots, a lifelong resident of Clinton, told the Charter Review Commission he opposes eliminating ward seats in favor of an all‑at‑large council and cautioned against adding recall language that could expose the city to litigation.
"I wanted to speak in opposition of eliminating the ward positions for an all at large council," Boots said, adding that trimming the council to five seats "for the reasons of efficiency and or expediency, I believe, is wrong minded." He argued that distinct neighborhoods and recent growth on Camanche…
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