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Lancaster City begins multi‑month review of administrative code under new home‑rule charter
Summary
City solicitor Barry Handwerger outlined the legal basis and schedule for drafting Lancaster City’s administrative code under the home‑rule charter, and council set a series of work sessions ahead of first‑reading and adoption votes this fall.
Lancaster City council members began a multi‑month review of a draft administrative code at a committee meeting on Tuesday as the city transitions from third‑class status to home‑rule government.
City Solicitor Barry Handwerger framed the work as an implementation step required by the home‑rule charter the city adopted in November 2024, saying the code will set procedures the city will follow in exercising its powers under the charter. “With home rule, you can now do anything that state or federal law does not prohibit,” Handwerger told council as he described the scope and structure of the draft code.
The administrative code will organize internal procedures — for budgeting, accounting, procurement, personnel, boards and commissions, records retention, and other items — while leaving ordinance‑level matters such as zoning, building codes and stormwater regulation unchanged.…
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