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Bartlett board votes to seek charter amendment; approves two write-offs
Summary
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to submit a proposed charter amendment to the Tennessee General Assembly and approved annual write-offs of uncollectible utility and property tax accounts, city staff said.
The Bartlett Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Feb. 18 adopted a resolution requesting the Tennessee General Assembly to amend the city charter and approved two routine write-offs: $56,939.63 in uncollectible utility accounts and $17,001.73 in uncollectible property taxes, officials said.
City Attorney Ed McKinney, who presented the charter proposal, told the board that the charter "is the equivalent of the constitution for the city of Bartlett. It's the general law." The resolution asks the General Assembly to enact several changes and, if approved at the state level, requires the board to ratify the change by a two-thirds vote within 120 days to make it law.
The proposed charter changes would: remove animal-control provisions from the charter and place them in an ordinance; establish term limits of three four-year terms for mayor and aldermen; create parity so elected officials would in some cases have to resign to run for a different…
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