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Commission decides to revisit constable and sheriff provisions; no removal vote tonight
Summary
After an extended discussion about the historic roles of constables and sheriffs and whether they remain necessary, the commission deferred any final change and added the item to a list for further review at a subsequent meeting.
The Charter Vision Commission on May 5 discussed whether to remove elective constable and sheriff provisions from the draft charter but did not adopt a removal; commissioners agreed to revisit the matter at a later meeting and to gather more information from affected stakeholders.
The commission heard sustained debate: some members said constables are a historical holdover whose duties are largely supplanted by…
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