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Council introduces code change shortening city manager removal window and adding post-election protection
Lodi City Council · January 8, 2026
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Summary
The council voted to introduce an ordinance that shortens the routine removal notice window for the city manager from 30 days to 10 days and creates a 90-day post-election period during which removal at will would require a four‑fifths council vote.
Interim City Manager James Lindsay presented proposed amendments to Lodi Municipal Code section 2.12.005 concerning removal of the city manager. Lindsay said the changes respond to recent experience with the code and would shorten the normal…
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