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Committee forwards 70‑page administrative code, including phased ethics enforcement, to full council

Lancaster City Council (committee meetings) · December 2, 2025
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Summary

Solicitor presented Bill 18 adopting a consolidated administrative code (including an ethics code) and recommended pausing active enforcement of ethics complaints until Jan. 1, 2027 to allow staffing and training; the committee advanced the ordinance to first reading on Dec. 9.

Solicitor Barry Handwerger presented Administration Bill 18-20-25, a consolidated administrative code that compiles rules previously governed by the third‑class city code and optional charter law into a single document (approximately 70 pages). The ordinance includes…

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