Public hearings for three proposed changes to the city’s charter will be held Wednesday, a required stop to decide whether they are placed on the ballot so voters can decide whether the alterations should become part of the city’s foundational governing document.
The first ordinance, 9-26, is mostly a house-keeping measure concerning the position of mayor pro tem, a council-appointed post of one of its members to act in the role of mayor when the mayor is not available.
The official ballot referendum language proposed states, in part, “this proposal amends the Cape Coral City Charter to clarify that the election of the mayor pro tem shall be by the majority vote of the City Council to be held at the first regular council meeting following each City General Election.”…