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Fort Lauderdale commission narrows charter revision items for May ballot, defers bigger changes for community outreach
Summary
Commissioners agreed to advance several technical 'cleanup' charter amendments to the May ballot (e.g., organizational meeting timing, vice‑mayor designation, clerk ministerial review) while deferring larger property and substantive changes for more community engagement due to tight deadlines.
At a conference session after its April 7 meeting, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission reviewed recommendations from the Charter Revision Board and directed staff to prepare a set of primarily ministerial charter amendments for the upcoming ballot process while postponing more substantive items for broader community outreach.
City Attorney staff and commission discussion focused on which items constituted 'cleanup' versus…
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