Commission debates term limits; campaign-finance language deferred to state rules

Commissioners considered adding term-limit language to Section 9 of the charter and discussed possible approaches—a cap on consecutive years served or a requirement for a hiatus between terms. One commissioner proposed language such as an eight-year maximum followed by a one-year break before running again, while others warned that term limits can reduce institutional expertise.

A separate proposal to prohibit PAC money in local campaigns drew support in principle but was noted to overlap with existing state campaign-finance law; commissioners agreed that campaign‑finance specifics may be beyond the charter's needed language and could be left to statutory rules. Members said they would draft concrete language to bring to the next meeting when the commission starts writing charter text.