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Committee reviews emergency meeting rules and raises questions about term limits and board composition
Augusta City Charter Review Committee · October 31, 2025
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Summary
Members examined model emergency-meeting language including vote thresholds for emergency ordinances, and briefly discussed whether to keep existing two-term limits and whether city employees should sit on certain boards and authorities.
Committee members reviewed model charter language on emergency meetings and emergency ordinances and asked whether the committee wished to adopt similar thresholds. The model language discussed allows the council to act promptly on a public emergency "affecting life, health, property, or public peace" on the call of the mayor or…
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