City Charter

Twice in recent months I've heard that our city attorney has made the comment (and I paraphrase here), "that is no longer state law, but it's still the way our city charter reads." 

I'm not sure how many of you have ever read the city charter.  It's the rules and laws under which our city operates.  It covers everything from elections, procedures, and how to's for our city government.  It's how we operate. 

Some of the rules are set to be in compliance with State statutes.  Others are just because those who went before us decided that's the way it should be.  And as always, our rules can be tougher than state rules. 

Recently I withdrew a partition to get term limits put in our charter.  But it's a rule I believe belongs there.

Ok, down to my point.  Every set of rules we have periodically need to be reviewed and made sure they are keeping up with the times.  Some rules might not ever change.  Some might not apply in our current world circumstances.  So I believe it's time for our council to put together a review of our charter.  It could be through a workshop they host, run, and work through or it could be through the appointment of a committee to review the charter and come back with recommendations. But it's obvious to me that when our city lawyers response is the same several times lately about our charter that we need to step back for 60 seconds and make sure our charter is doing what it's suppose to be doing. 

Just my 2 cents on this glorious Sunday morning.

God Bless
Dennis Nesser