An ordinance that would set a limit on the amount of time an acting mayor can serve the Municipality of Anchorage is being considered by the Anchorage Assembly. A vote on whether to put the measure on the April ballot is set for Tuesday night.
The ordinance would change municipal charter to require that, in the case of a vacancy in the mayor’s office, a special election be held after no later than three months to elect a mayoral successor.
This would essentially allow a mayor to finish the current term on top of their own, and it wasn’t the only proposed change. Instead of changing city charter, Assembly Vice Chair Chris Constant preferred a version of the measure that would change city code, which wouldn’t require it to be on the ballot.
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