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Officials debate party balance, residency and term lengths on transit board
Summary
Council members reviewed state statute language on residency, term length and political-party balance for transit-board directors and discussed whether local code should be updated to match state law.
Council members examined state code language about public transportation directors' residency requirements, term lengths and party balance and discussed updating local code to match state statute.
One member read portions of the statute aloud and noted that "Directors must be residents of the taxing district," while another pointed out that state guidance restricts the number of directors from the same major political party, saying the statute provides that the number belonging to one major party "does not exceed the number belonging to the other by more than 1." Members debated whether the city should expand the board from five to seven directors to better match state language and to ensure appropriate party balance.
Members concluded the issue merits further staff and legal review to align local code with state requirements and to confirm which current seats are properly appointed.
