Fairmont City Council Approved Updates to its City Charter

The Fairmont City Council approved a new amendment to Section 2 of its City Charter on Monday.

The change is meant to update old language and remove the possibility for misunderstandings surrounding the city’s weak mayor-strong council system, which it has had since inception.

Previously the charter laid out the council’s role as the sole legislative power to determine all matters of policy.

Now it will clarify the mayor’s role presiding over the council, without a vot with the exception of a tie and the council’s role voting on matter of policy and delegating to the City Administrator to hand matters of city administration.

The section is just one of five different areas where the Charter Commission wants to revise language to keep the city’s charter up to date.