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Advisory board asks staff to draft language requiring charter review after each decennial census
Summary
Members reached consensus that the charter review process should be periodic and tied to the federal decennial census; staff was directed to draft proposed charter language that would trigger a charter review committee within a specified period after census results are available.
PANAMA CITY — Advisory board members agreed on the principle that the city—s charter should include a mandatory periodic review tied to the decennial census.
After extended discussion about whether to allow off-cycle or politically driven redistricting reviews, board members said they preferred a predictable mechanism: a required charter review that is triggered by the standard 10-year U.S. census cycle.…
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