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Barberton council debates charter changes on term limits and an earlier budget deadline
Summary
Council members debated proposed charter amendments that would add term limits for elected officials and require an earlier date for the mayor to present a draft budget, with the mayor and several councilors sharply divided on whether a hard deadline belongs in the charter.
Barberton City Council members debated proposed charter language May 19 that would (1) limit elected officials — including the mayor and council president — to three consecutive terms and (2) set an earlier date for the mayor to present a draft municipal budget to council.
The discussion mattered because supporters said deadlines would give council more time to review spending, while opponents said a fixed constitutional deadline would handicap mayors and could produce incomplete budgets when costs change. Mayor (name not specified) told the committee, “I start meeting with department heads in August,” and argued that personnel, grants…
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