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Margate commission asks staff to research lifetime term-limit charter amendment after proposal

3674326 · June 5, 2025
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Summary

Vice Mayor proposed a lifetime term-limit policy (four-term lifetime cap) for Margate commissioners; the commission asked staff and the city attorney to draft sample charter-amendment language and return with options and legal analysis.

On June 4 a member of the Margate City Commission proposed placing a lifetime-term limits question on a future ballot that would bar elected commissioners from serving more than four terms in their lifetime and prevent them from returning after the lifetime limit is reached.

Vice Mayor Serio proposed the concept during commissioner comments, saying…

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