Update: New Troy City Charter passes

UPDATE (11/4/15): Voters in Troy passed by about a 2-to-1 margin the proposed new City Charter that was presented on the Election Day ballot in the form of a ballot question.

(Originally published 10/5/15)

There will be more for Troy voters to select than mayoral and City Council candidates in November. There also will be a ballot question asking for a simple "yes" or "no" vote on a new City Charter.

The proposed Charter is the result of eight months of public hearings, open working sessions, and periodic updates from an appointed nine-member bipartisan Charter Commission. (Full disclosure: The terrace's Bill Dowd is a member of that panel.)

It is the first full-fledged updating since the 1970s of the document that delineates how the City of Troy is governed.

If you haven't already checked out the new Charter, you can access it, or a simplified executive summary of its major points, on the City's own website. Click here.

Just look for both links as shown in the accompanying illustration.

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