WOOSTER -- City Council elections could look drastically different if some ideas discussed Wednesday come to fruition.
The Charter Review Commission, which reviews the city's charter every 10 years and makes recommendations to the electorate of matters they feel need addressed, talked about several items about council's makeup, including if the position of council president should be eliminated from voter consideration.
Law Director Richard Benson explained council's president, who is elected separately from the other seven members of council, essentially is in office to preside over meetings and only gets to vote in the matter of a tie.
"Their chief job is to preside at meetings and to be there if the mayor dies," said Mike Sigg, director of administration.
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