Committee asks clerk to compile testimony, explore nonbinding referendum and return with options
After hearing extensive public comment, Worcester’s MLO Committee asked the city clerk to assemble testimony, map which reforms need a charter commission versus ordinance or special act, and to report back on how a nonbinding referendum could be placed on the ballot to gauge public appetite.
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The Municipal and Legislative Operations Committee concluded the public hearing by asking staff to produce a written synthesis of the testimony and to identify which proposals could be advanced administratively, by ordinance or by special act and which would require a charter commission.
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