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Methuen charter review committee approves Article 10 edits, clarifies officer titles and screening-committee appointments
Summary
The Methuen City Charter Review Committee on Sept. 18 approved amendments to Article 10 that standardize officer titles, capitalize statutory references, change a CAFO screening-committee appointment to the mayor, and add explicit wording on vacancy after a felony conviction.
The Methuen City Charter Review Committee voted Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, to approve a set of amendments to Article 10 of the city charter, including uniform officer titles, minor editorial corrections and changes to appointment language for a charter screening committee.
The committee unanimously approved a motion to change the inconsistent language that had used both 'president' and 'chair' — restoring the term 'chair' and changing 'vice president' back to 'vice chair' in Section 10‑7. Members also voted to capitalize references to the 'Commonwealth' and to standardize the presentation of numbers in several sections.
The committee…
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