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Charter committee debates stricter candidate eligibility, defers decision for lawyer review
Summary
A City of Sebastian charter-review committee discussed adding explicit criminal and ethics disqualifiers for candidates, raised questions about residency and bankruptcy rules, and voted to pause changes so the city attorney can research legal constraints and enforcement pathways.
The City of Sebastian Charter Review Committee spent much of its meeting debating Section 2.02, which sets eligibility requirements for candidates for city council. Committee members proposed adding a list of offenses — including bribery, embezzlement, theft, misuse of public funds, forgery, extortion, perjury, conspiracy and Sunshine Law violations — that would disqualify a prospective candidate.
Committee members also pressed to align charter language with existing candidate qualification forms so financial obligations such as unpaid taxes, liens, fines or…
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