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Committee unbanks and advances broad charter modernization package
Summary
Board Bill 137, a multi-office effort to modernize and clean up the 1914 City Charter (96-page Exhibit A of edits), was unbanked and advanced with a due-pass recommendation after committee discussion; changes include removing obsolete references, revising pay-scale language, replacing gendered pronouns with titles, and standardizing formatting.
The Legislation and Rules Committee on Feb. 10 unbanked and advanced Board Bill 137, a charter-modernization package designed to update century-old language, remove obsolete references and make the charter consistent in style and titles.
Sponsor summarized five primary changes: modernizing department descriptions (for example removing references to hospitals that the city no longer operates), deleting…
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