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Palm Coast council vets recall, vacancy and debt limits in charter amendment workshop
Summary
City attorney presented three draft charter amendments on council recall procedures, vacancy election timing and a higher unfunded‑contracts threshold; council directed targeted revisions to recall and vacancy language and asked staff to return with clarified draft language and election‑timing options.
City Attorney Marcus Duffy walked City Council through three draft charter amendments at the April 14 workshop, focusing council attention on three governance issues: recall/ removal procedures, how to fill mid‑term vacancies and whether to raise the city’s cap on unfunded multi‑year contracts.
The first draft would add a process permitting the council — by supermajority — to request gubernatorial removal of an elected member after specified grounds (conviction of a felony, violation of city standards or repeated censures). Duffy said the amendment would not strip the governor’s independent authority to remove elected officials but would…
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