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Commissioners narrow charter review committee voting threshold after hours of debate, send annexation/ordinance item to CRC
Summary
After extended debate, the Leon County Board of County Commissioners voted 4–3 to require a simple majority for the Citizens Charter Review Committee’s transmittal of proposed amendments; the board also directed staff to send a proposal about county ordinances superseding city ordinances to the CCRC and to have staff address a technical charter clean-up item.
The Leon County Board of County Commissioners on the night continued a lengthy debate over charter-review procedures and whether the citizens-led review committee should require a supermajority to advance proposed charter changes.
Commissioner Proctor proposed a substitute motion to require a simple majority at every stage of the citizens charter review committee (CCRC) process — in other words, to “keep this simple: simple majority, simple majority, simple majority,” Proctor said. Commissioner O'Keefe seconded the substitute.
Commissioner O'Keefe argued the CCRC is a citizen-led process and that members deserve parity with the board, noting that final charter amendments still require voter approval. “If we trust ourselves with a simple…
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