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Council divides over appointing treasurer now versus waiting for charter changes
Summary
Councilors split on whether to appoint a treasurer under the existing charter or delay until pending municipal charter changes would consolidate treasurer and collector roles. Debate included legal, procedural and practical concerns; motions to table and to reconsider were filed and multiple roll-call votes occurred.
Councilors spent more than an hour debating whether the body should appoint a treasurer at this time or wait for pending charter revisions that would combine treasurer and tax collector duties.
Councilor Bacon urged the council to follow the current charter and appoint the treasurer now, calling a vote a "vote of confidence" and arguing it would not "undo any other votes". He said the charter currently authorizes the council to appoint a treasurer…
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