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Council introduces resolution to form Seat Pleasant charter‑review committee
Summary
City staff presented a draft resolution to establish a charter review committee to evaluate the City of Seat Pleasant charter; the resolution would require a public hearing, allow the mayor to nominate committee members and instruct the city attorney and city clerk to attend committee meetings. No final vote was recorded in the transcript.
A member of city staff presented a resolution to establish a charter review committee to review and recommend updates to the City of Seat Pleasant charter.
The draft resolution, read aloud during the meeting, directs the mayor and council to hold a public hearing to solicit input on which charter provisions should be reviewed and to adopt a subsequent resolution identifying topics for the charter review committee. The text in the meeting specifies that the mayor will have 30 days to submit a nominee for the committee; if the mayor does not submit a nominee in that period, the council shall submit a name or names within 30 days. The resolution also states the city attorney and city clerk shall attend each charter review committee meeting, and that the mayor shall nominate and the council shall approve a member to serve as (text not specified further in the transcript).
The city staff member who presented the draft characterized the resolution as a step to "establish the committee, so we can move forward with finalizing a few things." The transcript does not record a motion, a second or a vote for the resolution during the portion of the meeting included in the record supplied.
Councilmembers may bring the draft back for consideration after the public‑hearing step described in the resolution; the transcript indicates staff will provide additional details and contact the mayor's office for follow up.
