Huber Heights voters will decide changes to charter

voters in November.

A majority yes vote passes an issue.

Issues 4 and 10 are separate issues dealing with removal of city officials, specifically volunteer board and commission members and elected officials. The current charter makes removing volunteer board and commission members as difficult as removing city council members.

“It’s a pretty high bar for removal,” said City Council Clerk Tony Rodgers while introducing the changes. “The thought was with council appointing the boards and commissions, there should be a more streamlined process.”

Issue 4 would strike board and commission members from the current removal procedures, while Issue 10 establishes a new charter section addressing removal of those volunteer members.

Issue 10 would give city council ability to remove board and commission members for a lack of qualifications, incompetency, misconduct or neglect of duty. It would also provide those board members with written notification of the removal and an opportunity to be heard at a regular council meeting.

Issue 4 would additionally state council members could be removed for “violation of any expressed provision of the charter.” The language is recommended by the city attorney following a lawsuit blocking the city of Riverside’s council from removing one of its own council members.

While the city attorney recom-