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Barrie city official tells Senate panel voters approved conveyance and small reserve increase
Summary
A Barrie city official told the Committee that voters approved two charter changes: allowing mayor, city manager, or an authorized councilor to sign conveyances, and raising the undesignated general fund cap from 5% to 10% (approved by voters 618–174).
A city official from Barrie testified to the Senate Government Operations Committee May 12 about two voter-approved charter amendments that the city seeks to codify through H.902.
The first change expands who may execute conveyances of city property. The current charter specifies that only the mayor may sign conveyances; the approved amendment authorizes the mayor, the city manager, or a councilor authorized by council action to execute…
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