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Residents, council and mayor spar over charter revision timing, filings and public notice
Summary
Public concern about the Charter Revision Commission's outreach and filing timeline dominated public comment at the City of Tonawanda Common Council's Sept. 16 meeting, with residents and council members asking for commission membership lists, minutes and confirmation that attorney-general and election-board filings were completed on schedule.
Public comment and council discussion on Sept. 16 focused heavily on the city's Charter Revision Commission and related filings for a possible November ballot referendum. Residents and council members raised concerns about the commission's public meetings, notice to the city clerk, whether draft language had been submitted to the New York Attorney General for review and whether the Board of Elections had been informed in time for the November filing deadline.
City officials—including the mayor and city clerk—responded that a memo announcing the…
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