Clay County commissioners review charter amendment draft, pause prosecutor pay talk until state acts

May 8, 2026

At a meeting, the Clay County Commission reviewed a working draft of proposed charter amendments that would change election procedures (moving contests to the November ballot and removing an automatic 'majority ends it' clause), agreed to continue editing the draft and to finalize ballot language later, and paused further discussion of prosecutor/sheriff pay pending action on a state bill (spoken as "26 37").

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The Clay County Commission reviewed a working draft of proposed charter amendments at a regular meeting and agreed to continue editing the document with the goal of placing final language on the November ballot.

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