Committee tables term‑limit wording, asks commissioner to draft clearer language
Clay County commissioners debated ambiguities in the draft charter's term‑limit rules (partial terms, 'serve' vs 'elected', and 16‑year aggregate limits) and agreed to table the item pending staff research and a proposed redraft to resolve counting rules.
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Clay County commissioners spent extensive time on section 2.05 (term limits), where the draft says commissioners are limited to "two consecutive four‑year terms in the same office" and "a total of four terms of four years each (16 years)." Commissioners and members of the public raised questions about how partial terms count, whether 'serving' or 'being elected' should determine a term, and whether switching offices (for example, district to at‑large) allows circumvention of the limit.
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