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Lansing charter panel weighs term limits for appointed boards, considers reappointment process
Summary
The Lansing Charter Commission heard public comment opposing term limits and debated proposed cooling-off language for appointed boards, then deferred final change in favor of drafting clearer reappointment rules for council consideration.
John Scott, a fire commissioner speaking as a private citizen, urged the Lansing Charter Commission April 22 to reject a proposed charter change that would impose term limits on appointed board members.
“I oppose term limits,” John Scott said, arguing that limits would strip boards of institutional knowledge and worsen persistent vacancy problems. He cited Article 5.102.7 of the current charter to argue the council already has checks on mayoral appointments and that the city’s vacancy problem reflects political inaction rather than a structural flaw.
The commission spent more than an hour debating whether to add a one-year “cooling-off”…
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