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Residents urge clearer council powers and a mission statement at Bridgeport City public hearing
Summary
At a Bridgeport City public hearing, residents urged changes to a draft charter to clarify the council president's powers, remove language that could allow a temporary presiding council member a second vote, and add a civic mission statement; one speaker also asked that special-meeting notice be shortened from 14 days to seven.
BRIDGEPORT CITY — Residents told a public hearing on the draft city charter that the document should better define the city council's role, give the council president a clear authority to call special meetings and include a mission statement in the charter preamble.
Scott Burns, a Bridgeport resident, told committee members he supports several of the draft changes but urged editors to fix conflicting language that still appears on page 19. "The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the city council," Burns said the draft currently reads, a line he said conflicts with later provisions that…
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