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Assembly begins year of charter review; deputy speaker outlines amendment paths and timelines
Summary
Deputy Speaker Daniel Gessen reviewed the county's periodic charter-review process, explained two amendment paths (periodic review with voter referendum versus a charter commission and state-legislative route), and reminded delegates 2025 is a mandated review year with a roughly 10-month timetable.
Deputy Speaker Daniel Gessen briefed the Assembly on Article 9 of the Home Rule Charter and the two formal processes for changing the charter: periodic charter review and the charter commission route that involves the state legislature.
Gessen said periodic charter review is mandated every five years in years ending in 0 or 5 (2025) and noted the assembly created a Charter Review Committee last year by Resolution 24-4. Under the periodic-review path, the charter-review committee develops recommendations: if a recommendation does not change the composition, election or appointment of delegates or…
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