METHUEN — After a year of work, the city’s Charter Review Committee is almost done drafting a series of recommendations that could have significant impacts on city politics, especially regarding the much-discussed legal department.
The committee, made up of former officials, experts and others, was tasked with updating the city’s governing document in part to cut down on ambiguities, which have caused internal conflicts and dysfunction in the past.
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