The Dallas Charter Review Commission sifts through a heap of 123 potential changes to the city's core legal script. Loads of amendments, covering all kinds of bureaucratic tweaks, are on the table and the clock's ticking for the team to trim down the fat and serve up their recs to the City Council within a tight three-month window.
It's been a sorting party since mid-January when the proposals deadline hit the calendar. The Commission has already plowed through the first pile, ruling out the misfits and advancing chunks that might just stand a chance. "We are making good progress," Allen Vaught, chair of the Charter Review Commission, declared. With two meetings down, they've waved goodbye to 24 proposals deemed not Charter-worthy, pushed forward nine technical tweaks, and chewed over a couple more, according to the City of Dallas.
What's next is a series of Town Hall showdowns, as the Commission and City Council members open the floor to the good folks of Dallas. The city's residents will get their shot to weigh in — keep an eye on the Dallas.gov/calendar for the hot dates. The shindig's expected to stir up some hefty banter on high-stakes stuff: term lengths, salaries, and election dates are all on the hit list.
