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Charter Review Committee releases draft recommendations, urges leaner charter and term-extension plan
Summary
The Charter Review Committee presented draft recommendations that would lengthen mayor and council terms to three years (staggered) and reorganize mayor/council duties. The committee favored a 'less is more' charter and plans further meetings in June and July before finalizing ballot language.
The Lago Vista Charter Review Committee presented its draft recommendations to the City Council on June 12 and said it will continue meetings in June and July before delivering final proposals for council consideration.
Robert Owen, secretary of the committee, said the group followed a ‘‘less is more’’ philosophy and sought to remove obsolete, duplicative and highly prescriptive language from the charter. The committee’s draft contains about 22 substantive items plus cleanups; committee members said many suggested edits are…
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