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Hillsborough Charter Review Board deadlocks on commission expansion; multiple proposals fail
Summary
After hours of public comment and internal debate, the Charter Review Board declined proposals to expand the county commission to nine members or to switch to seven single-member districts; the board left the current 4 single-member / 3 countywide structure in place and scheduled follow-up meetings on term limits and a pending state bill.
The Hillsborough County Charter Review Board on Nov. 4 debated whether to change the county commission’s makeup but failed to approve any of the competing proposals, leaving the charter’s current mix of single-member and countywide seats intact.
A motion by board member Snively to amend the charter to increase the commission from seven to nine seats and make all seats single-member was placed on the table for discussion after public comments from elected officials and residents. Commissioner Harry Cohen urged the board to offer voters multiple options, saying he would personally favor “some countywide representation” and suggested a 6-to-3 split as one compromise.
Citizen Gordon Schiff, addressing the board during public comment, called the all-single-member proposal “a poor system of governance” and said eliminating countywide…
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