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Charter review committee debates city clerk's role and financial oversight; no final decision
Summary
Committee members debated whether the Panama City clerk should remain an independent charter officer or report to the city manager, discussed creating a charter-level auditor or CFO role, and requested redlined options and comparative examples for the next meeting.
Committee members spent a large portion of the meeting debating how to define the city clerk's role and where financial accountability should sit in city government. The discussion produced no final change; instead, staff were asked to prepare draft language and examples for committee review.
Members described two broad approaches: maintain the clerk as an independent charter officer with authority to perform pre- and post-audit functions and to report directly to the commission; or make the clerk subordinate to the city…
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