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Council moves to place multiple charter amendments on May ballot; debate over mayor veto language and compensation remains
Summary
Council directed staff to draft an ordinance placing up to 15–16 charter propositions on the May ballot to align the city charter with state law; councilors debated removing a confusing reference about mayoral veto/modification (Section 3.05) and whether to include an elected-official compensation item.
City Council instructed staff to draft ballot language for a slate of proposed Charter Review Committee recommendations to appear on a May election ballot, focusing on cleaning the charter and aligning it with state law while debating whether to remove a confusing reference to mayoral veto powers and whether to include elected-official compensation.
Staff introduced the committee’s six recommended amendments and an additional set of proposed edits. The discussion focused on Section…
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