This Wednesday the committee will continue discussing possible changes to the length of council terms (3, 4 years instead of 2), whether to stagger terms, whether “seats” should be eliminated in favor of just electing the top vote getters, giving the members of council a pay raise.

A majority of the committee seemed to prefer 3-year staggered terms last week after hearing the logic of 3 year terms presented by Lynn Tipton of the League of Cities. With 3-year terms, if a member of council only serves a single term they will have served through an entire budget cycle:

Year 1 - Sep Approval of a budget following the Nov election

Year 2 - Serve through a complete fiscal year (Oct 1 - Sep 30) with budget they approved

Year 3 - Completion of audit typically months into the 3rd year of the term.

Next meeting of the Charter Review Committee is Wed Feb 18 at 5:30PM, at the Community Room, Founders Park.