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Dorchester County Council adopts four charter-amendment resolutions for 2026 ballot
Summary
Dorchester County Council on April 14 adopted four charter-amendment resolutions—covering administrative review timing, budget preparation/adoption dates, county manager duties, and governmental transparency—to place questions on the 2026 general-election ballot; each passed on recorded 4'0aye votes with one member absent.
The Dorchester County Council voted April 14 to adopt four charter-amendment resolutions that will appear as local questions on the 2026 general-election ballot.
Executive Operations Manager Irene Barnes opened the series of public hearings and presented each resolution. "A public hearing is being conducted" on the proposed charter changes, Barnes said before the council took votes. No members of the public spoke on any of the measures.
The measures adopted would: require…
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