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Decatur Charter Review offers redline edits and split options on mayor selection
Summary
The Charter Review Commission presented a redline of Decatur’s charter that modernizes language, defines an ethics committee and adds a public-engagement article. The largest policy question: keep a commission‑elected mayor (with a proposed two‑year term) or move to a directly elected mayor; commissioners asked staff for legal and procedural clarifications before forwarding changes to the General Assembly.
The Charter Review Commission presented a comprehensive redline of the Decatur city charter at the Nov. 17 City Commission meeting, proposing updated definitions, language simplification and a new public engagement article while flagging several provisions that would require state action.
At a two‑hour presentation, co‑chairs John McFarland and Will summarized the commission’s work and described options on how the mayor is selected: keep the current system (the city commission elects the mayor) but extend the mayor’s term to two years, or allow a directly elected mayor. CRC co‑chairs provided two redline versions and a poll of CRC members that showed 12 members favored a…
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