The East Lansing City Council voted to have six charter amendments proposed by a city committee be placed on ballots this year.
At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, council voted to have three charter amendments be voted on at each the August and November elections this year. Before the amendments can officially be placed on the ballot, they will first have to be reviewed by the state attorney general’s office.
A city committee that reviewed the city charter, East Lansing’s foundational document, in 2024 and 2025 recommended 29 changes, which will need to be approved by voters before they are enshrined in the charter. Council is opting to spread the amendments out across several ballots to avoid voter fatigue and keep ballots from becoming multiple pages, though some members of the review committee said they would like to see the changes voted on across fewer elections…