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Augusta Charter Review Committee backs switch to commissioner–manager government, votes for seven‑year charter reviews
Summary
Vice Chair Clint Bryant said the committee unanimously recommended moving Augusta City to a commissioner–manager form to clarify authority, centralize operations under a professional manager and require charter reviews every seven years; the transcript records rationale but not next procedural steps.
Clint Bryant, vice chair of the Augusta Charter Review Committee, told the committee the panel unanimously recommended transitioning Augusta City to a commissioner–manager form of government to clarify lines of authority and responsibility. "This is why we have selected the manager form of government to clarify those lines of authority and responsibility," Bryant said.
The committee presented the change as a structural shift that separates policymaking and day‑to‑day operations: under the recommendation, the mayor and commission would set policy and a professionally qualified manager would oversee daily operations, hire and fire department heads and…
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