Charter review sent back to committee
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The City Council voted 5-2 to direct staff to reconvene the Charter Review Committee and let it discuss issues of concern for the council and community, instead of advancing the proposed charter amendments to the ballot.
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What this means
The council did not move forward with the proposed changes to city elections and the mayor’s office at this meeting. Instead, it sent the issue back to the Charter Review Committee for more discussion and public input. The proposal would have set 3-term limits for council members, ended primary elections, and changed the directly elected mayor’s office to a mayor chosen from among the council. The committee process now gives residents another chance to weigh in before any future change is considered.
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- Directed staff to reconvene the Charter Review Committee and allow it to discuss items of concern for the council and the community.
- The substitute motion to prepare the charter amendments and schedule an additional special meeting passed 4-3 but was vetoed by the mayor.
- The council’s final vote on the committee referral passed 5-2, with Ibarra, Figueroa, Knaus, Flores, and Ortiz in favor and Theodore Sanchez and Fred Shorett opposed.
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