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Charter Review Commission asks Hudson voters to decide eight amendments, council accepts referral
Summary
The Charter Review Commission presented eight proposed amendments — including term limits for elected officials and boards, a recall threshold change, and rules for expenditure accountability — and council will forward the package to the ballot after required readings and a July 7 submission deadline was noted.
Rob Kagler, chairman of the 2025 Charter Review Commission, told Hudson City Council on July 15 that the commission had spent seven months drafting a 27-page ordinance proposing eight charter changes and prepared a 20-slide summary and individual fact sheets for each ballot issue. "The charter is like your local constitution," Kagler said as he described the package and the materials the city can use to explain the measures to voters.
The proposals include a broad group of general administrative edits (ballot issue 1) and seven individually numbered issues covering: term limits for mayor and council (three full four-year terms or a 12-year cumulative cap, effective after the 2029 elections); clarified or tightened term-limit language for boards and commissions; changing the recall petition denominator from ‘gubernatorial’ to ‘municipal’ turnout…
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