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Council sets timeline for city charter review, forms small subcommittee
Summary
Councilors set an August deadline to finalize referendum language and agreed to use May–June work sessions or a small subcommittee. Councilors Shankle, Childers and Bracewell volunteered for the charter subcommittee.
Council staff told the Milwaukie City Council that charter review was a council priority and that a title for a voter referendum must be finalized by August and crafted by the city attorney. The presentation explained options for a full‑council review in May–June work sessions or creation of a smaller subcommittee to refine language before returning to the full body.
Councilors signaled support for a subcommittee approach to streamline work; Councilors Shankle, Childers and Bracewell volunteered. Staff said they would schedule work sessions and coordinate with volunteers and city legal staff to produce referendum language in time for the August ballot deadline.
