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Commission trims and clarifies neighborhood-council language in charter draft
Summary
Mary McCormick proposed—and the Commission approved through discussion—simplifications to charter text about neighborhood/community councils, including removing Section 3.03 and adding explicit authority for the council of commissioners to authorize advisory community councils.
The Study Commission moved to simplify the charter language describing neighborhood councils at the June 22 meeting. Mary McCormick argued that the term "neighborhood council" is more commonly understood than "community council" and offered to draft the edits.
Commissioners agreed to remove Section 3.03 and to delete a clause that began "shall be the legislative body...but not limited to," while adding text that explicitly authorizes the council of commissioners to empower community councils to advise the commissioners. The language was approved through discussion without a formal roll-call vote.
