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Committee debates council powers, residency and vacancy rules; law director asked to draft charter language
Summary
Cleveland Heights' Special Committee of the Whole reviewed proposed charter changes covering council candidate residency, when a vacancy is official, virtual meeting rules and council investigatory/subpoena powers and directed the law department to draft implementable language for later review.
Cleveland Heights' Special Committee of the Whole spent the meeting reviewing proposed Charter Review Commission language on council powers and related procedural items, and asked the law director to draft ordinance- and charter-level text for the next review cycle.
The discussion covered several discrete items the committee asked the law department to prepare for formal consideration: increasing the candidate residency requirement to 12 months, clarifying when a vacancy becomes official (and whether the vacancy clock starts on notice, receipt of a resignation letter, or council acceptance), explicit virtual-meeting attendance and voting rules, and whether the charter should more clearly state council investigatory and subpoena power.
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