City Council Considers Charter Review Committee Recommendations

Sherwood City Council approved Resolution 2013-055 on October 15, 2013 establishing a City Charter Review Committee. The Sherwood City Charter was last comprehensively reviewed in 2005 and the voters of Sherwood adopted the current City Charter on May 17, 2005. The primary purpose of the City Charter Review Committee is to evaluate and advise the City Council on proposed changes to the City Charter and the possible referral of said changes to City voters at a future 2014 election.

Since December 2013, the Sherwood Charter Review Committee has been focusing their work on Chapter III, Council and Chapter VII, Elections of the Sherwood City Charter. The Charter Review Committee held 7 meetings and allowed public input to be received at their meetings. In addition, an open house and traditional public hearing was held on February 13, 2014 to solicit input on the proposed charter amendments and on February 25 the City Council held another public hearing as they considered the 5 proposed ballot titles. As a result of their efforts, the City Council approved Resolution 2014-013 Adopting the Ballot Titles and Explanatory Statements for the May Ballot.

For more information please see the link to the Elections page for May 2014 Ballot Measures.