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Commission debates electing Lansing city attorney, adopts term and staggering changes
Summary
After approving Article 1, the commission moved into Article 2 and approved edits on term lengths and stagger removal timing but did not decide whether to make the city attorney an elected office, asking counsel for alternative language to enhance independence.
During its Dec. 17 session the Lansing Charter Commission spent substantial time on Article 2 (Officers and Elections). Attorney Matt Cross advised the panel that the Home Rule City Act permits municipalities to define elective officers broadly — including the possibility of an elected city attorney — but he found no Michigan examples of that model.
Commissioner White urged an elected city attorney as a way to…
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