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Canal Winchester council reviews Charter Review Commission recommendations on pay, P&Z role and administrator confirmation
Summary
City council discussed the Charter Review Commission's recommendations — including proposed mayor and council compensation changes, giving a council member tie-breaking vote on Planning & Zoning, and confirmation/termination language for the city administrator — but took no action to move changes to the ballot at Monday's meeting.
Canal Winchester City Council members discussed a package of Charter Review Commission recommendations on May 19, 2025 that would change how the mayor and council are paid, give a council member a special role with the Planning & Zoning Commission in tie votes, and add confirmation language for the city administrator’s appointment. Council did not move the items to the ballot and left the draft changes on the work-session agenda.
The Charter Review Commission presented edits to multiple charter sections and recommended a range for the mayor’s pay. “We all agreed that the mayor salary now is too low,” the commission said during the meeting, and the group reported it had “landed on the 60 to 85” range in its deliberations. Council discussion referenced the current mayoral pay level of $41,200 as the baseline. Legal counsel told the council the Ohio Ethics Commission’s guidance…
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