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Charter Review Committee approves amended charter recommendations, forwards package to city council
Summary
At a public hearing on April 20, the Charter Review Committee approved a package of charter amendments—including a two‑year domicile requirement, clarified conviction/eligibility language, compensation increases for elected officials, and repeal of an obsolete transition article—and will send the recommendations to city council for further hearings.
The Charter Review Committee voted to approve a package of proposed charter amendments at a public hearing on April 20 and will forward the changes to the city council for additional hearings, the committee said.
The package reviewed by the committee includes several substantive edits. Mr. Stokes, who presented the proposals during the advertised public hearing, said the eligibility section (proposed Section 2.02) now requires a candidate to be domiciled in the city for two years and defines domicile as being physically present within the city for no less than 270 days in a 12‑month period. "We added the requirement that…
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