Monitor Editor
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Keystone Heights Charter Review Committee held its first meeting on March 3.
The committee recommends changes to the city’s governing document. All changes must be approved by voters during an April 11, 2023, election. Panel members include airport board member Bruce Harvin, former city council member Larry Peoples and former Schools superintendent Charlie Van Zant. Members elected Peoples as chair and Harvin as vice-chair.
City Attorney Rich Komando briefed the group on its purpose and Sunshine Law requirements. He added that the committee must forward its work to the city council by October. The committee’s next meeting will be at 5 p.m. on April 14.
During the public comment portion of the meeting, city council member Tony Brown proposed that the committee recommend changing the mayor’s office from an elected position to one appointed by the other council members.
During a February council meeting, Brown asked current Mayor Karen Lake to resign over what he described as harassing texts from Lake to City Manager Lynn Rutkowski. The texts related to city business.
