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Panama City charter review debates election timing, agenda notice and mayor'manager powers
Summary
The Charter Review Advisory Board and city commissioners used a Saturday town-hall to discuss proposed updates to Panama City's charter, last fully revised in 1963, focusing on election timing, mayoral duties and whether the charter should require advance agenda posting.
The Charter Review Advisory Board and city commissioners used a Saturday town-hall to discuss proposed updates to Panama City's charter, last fully revised in 1963, focusing on election timing, mayoral duties and whether the charter should require advance agenda posting.
The board chair said the advisory group has divided the charter into interrelated topic areas and has received a League of Cities presentation about governance models including strong-mayor and council-manager systems. Commissioners and board members stressed they will ask citizens for feedback and promised a memorandum listing citizen requests that might be handled by ordinance rather than by charter.
Why it matters: changes to the charter determine who controls agenda-setting, how…
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