Chandler council orders November vote to clarify mayor and council term limits

The Chandler City Council voted June 2 to order a special election on Nov. 4, 2025 to present a proposed amendment clarifying term limits for council members and the mayor.

City Attorney (unnamed) told the council the city charter, adopted in 1965 and amended over the decades, contains language that the office found “vague and confusing” after consulting an outside elections-law expert. The attorney said the proposed amendment does not change the substance of term limits but would rewrite the section to make clear that a person may not be elected to council for more than two consecutive terms and must sit out four years before again being eligible for the same office; the same limit would apply to the mayor. The draft also clarifies combined service limits when a person serves as both council member and mayor and how partial terms are counted.

The amendment would take effect upon certification of the…