Charter revision commission forwards draft to city clerk amid concerns the ethics chapter is unfinished

The Bridgeport Charter Revision Commission voted at the evening meeting to refer its draft report to the city clerk so the city’s 45-day review period can begin, even as several commissioners warned the document is not complete and said they want the chance to make further edits after the council’s review.

Members opened the meeting by identifying the draft report as Exhibit 1 and reviewing the agenda: finish necessary votes and hand the draft to the city council and clerk. Commissioners said they had worked through much of the ethics chapter in prior sessions but that redlined text and new insertions remained in the draft. Several members urged caution about sending a “half-baked” document to the clerk without resolving outstanding language.

Staff and commissioners discussed the transmittal process at length. Under the charter and state statutory sequence cited in the…