CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The Clarksville Montgomery County Charter Commission will host a meeting on February 22 at 6 p.m. at East Montgomery Elementary School.
The meeting is intended to be an information exchange. The Commission will give an update on its work, to include a summary of the articles of the proposed charter that have been reviewed and passed by the Commission on first reading.
Those articles include Schools, Judiciary, Mayoral Duties and Legislative Body. The Commission is also seeking community input on issues to be addressed in the charter.
The Charter Commission was established in May of 2017 by the adoption of consolidation resolutions by both the County Commission and the City Council. The Charter Commission is in the process of preparing a charter that will be filed with the Montgomery County Clerk no later than August 9, 2018. The ratification or rejection of the proposed charter will be decided in the November 2018 election.
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