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Charter committee asks staff to study adding DEI and local-preference language as community values
Leon County Charter Review Committee · January 6, 2026
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Summary
Committee member Daryl Jones proposed adding language to the charter to recognize diversity, equity and inclusion and local-business preference as community values; after legal clarification that nonbinding value language would not create actionable directives, the committee voted 13–2 to ask staff for wording analysis.
Committee member Daryl Jones asked that the committee add consideration of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and local-business preference as community values to the list of items for potential charter language. He said the proposal was intended to express…
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