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Sweet Home councilors press staff to clarify absence, vacancy language and remove reelection ban
Summary
Councilors at a Sweet Home charter-review work session asked staff to reword residency and absence provisions, reached consensus to remove a proposed ban on reelection after 10 absences, and asked for clearer rules on how vacancies and excused absences would be handled.
City Manager Ogden opened the Jan. 23 work session on proposed charter amendments, asking councilors to review the committee’s track‑changed draft and raise questions.
The council focused first on attendance and eligibility provisions. Ken, a councilor who said he had raised the issue before, told colleagues he opposed a proposed clause that would make a councilor ineligible to run if they accrued 10 unexcused absences in a 365‑day period, saying it “seems somewhat redundant” given other vacancy provisions and warning it could be constitutionally vulnerable. “I think it could be weaponized, and I’m very concerned…
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