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Commission rescinds prior language, approves counsel's ballot wording to tie commissioner pay to state formula
Summary
After legal caution about a fixed $37,000 salary in the charter, the Clay County Charter Review Commission rescinded previously approved ballot wording and voted to send counsel's alternative language to the supervisor of elections, with three public hearings scheduled April 20, May 4 and May 18.
The Clay County Charter Review Commission voted to rescind previously approved ballot wording on county commissioner pay and to adopt legal counsel's alternative language that would remove a fixed $37,000 salary from the charter and tie pay to the state statutory formula. The commission approved sending the revised language to counsel for final wording and to the supervisor of elections, and set three required public hearings.
Chair Sherry Warren opened the discussion by asking the county's counsel to explain a memorandum that included two ballot-language options and cited Florida case law and statutes. Counsel summarized that option 1 reflected the language the commission had approved previously, while option 2 would remove the $37,000 figure from the charter…
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