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Committee affirms 12-month residency and district residency for Augusta council

Augusta City Charter Review Committee ยท October 31, 2025

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Summary

The charter review committee signaled agreement to keep a 12-month residency requirement for mayor and council members and endorsed district residency language reflecting the city's current composition of eight single-district commissioners, two super-district commissioners and a citywide mayor.

At the workshop Chair Wannick walked the committee through model charter language on qualifications and residency for municipal office and asked whether the committee wanted to change the existing 12-month residency rule. Chair Wannick said the proposed charter language states mayor and council terms would be four years and that candidates must have been residents of the city for 12 months prior to election.

Members present confirmed they preferred leaving the 12-month residency requirement in place. The committee also confirmed that district residency will be required for district commissioners: the body endorsed language that each district-elected commissioner must live in the district they represent for the duration of the term. Laurie, staff member assisting the committee, said she would capture the committee's current layout of "8 single-district commissioners, 2 super districts, and a mayor" in draft charter language.

The committee asked staff to mark the relevant pages and bring finalized text back so items with agreement can be placed on a consent agenda at a subsequent meeting.