Charter Review Commission approves amendments 1–13, forwards them to city council

The Stafford Home Rule Charter Review Commission voted to approve proposed amendments 1–13 and directed staff to forward the consolidated language to city council for consideration. Commissioner (speaker 5) moved to approve the package “and send them up to city council for next step,” and a second was recorded before the chair called the motion and declared it passed.

Commissioners had previously instructed the commission attorney to consolidate individually approved edits into legally phrased text. The package reviewed included technical clarifications and a set of recommendations the commission asked the city attorney to mark up. During the discussion members flagged timing issues for finance-related language (one member noted audited financials from the school district delay midyear reconciliation until late March or April), and suggested adding flexible phrasing — for example, “at midpoint or as soon as practical thereafter” — so council can adjust implementation details. The commission did not record a detailed roll-call tally in the transcript for this motion, only that the motion passed.