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Gahanna administration recommends charter changes: add strategic-plan requirement, streamline department language, remove BZBA
Summary
Senior city staff recommended adding a mayor-led strategic-plan requirement and annual reporting to the charter, cleaning up department-language in Article 5, modernizing public-notice rules, and deleting the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals — sparking detailed discussion about appeals, fees and alternatives.
Senior city staff presented a package of charter-change recommendations to the Charter Review Commission on March 12, urging edits the administration says would align the charter with current operations and regional practice.
Senior Director Miranda Volmer proposed adding language to Article 3 for a mayor-led strategic plan that includes public comment and an annual progress report. Volmer tied the recommendation to the city's existing strategic-planning work and said the provision would require updates as needed and submission to council for review and adoption. Commissioners asked whether the strategic-plan requirement would duplicate the existing state-of-the-city requirement; Mayor Chadwick said the strategic-plan reporting could be built into the state-of-the-city process.
Volmer and Mayor Chadwick discussed cost and timing. Volmer…
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