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Macon-Bibb commissioners ask state lawmakers to make term lengths uniform; measure passes 6-3
Summary
The Macon-Bibb County Commission voted 6-3 to ask the local legislative delegation to introduce legislation amending Section 10E of the county charter to make term limits equal for the mayor and commissioners. The request does not itself change the charter; the General Assembly would need to act.
The Macon-Bibb County Commission voted 6-3 on Jan. 7 to ask the county’s legislative delegation to introduce legislation in the Georgia General Assembly amending Section 10E of the Macon-Bibb County Charter to provide equal term limits for all members of the governing body.
The request, sponsored and moved by Mayor Pro Tem Clark, asks the General Assembly to consider changing the charter so that the mayor and county commissioners would serve under the same term-limit structure. "This body cannot change our charter in this fashion, but the General Assembly can," Clark said, urging colleagues to send the local delegation a formal request.
Clark framed the measure as a policy change rather than a personal one. "It is not…
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