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Charter review panel leans toward dropping newspaper requirement for ordinance publication
Summary
Committee members favored removing the newspaper-publication clause from the charter while keeping website and physical postings at municipal buildings and the senior center; staff will verify whether any state statute compels newspaper publication for specific cases before removing the clause.
Katie reviewed the charter’s ordinance-publication rules and asked whether the requirement to publish in a newspaper of general circulation remains necessary. Committee members noted that Vandalia already posts legislative summaries on the city website and on bulletin boards at the city building, senior center and Vandalia recreation center; these postings are made weekly after council meetings.
Several members supported removing the newspaper clause for practicality and cost reasons but recommended retaining posting at municipal facilities and on the website. Katie agreed to check statutory requirements — noting probate or other statutes can require newspaper advertising in specific circumstances — before finalizing the change. "I will look," Katie said, promising to verify whether state law requires newspaper publication for certain actions.
