The Fort Oglethorpe council has appointed a seven-member committee to review the city’s charter and, in the process, tossed out one council member’s nominees.
The committee, which was finalized Monday, May 20, is in response to a similar panel being formed by the state legislature to decide whether the city’s charter needs to be rewritten to avoid abuse of power by the mayor and council members.
The state decided to scrutinize the charter after a shakeup in leadership in late March, in which the city manager was forced to resign and the police chief and public works director were fired.
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