Attorney Ruled Council Could Not Call Election

City Council Reapportionment Plan

CENTRAL — The decision by the Central City Council last week not to submit its proposed reapportionment plan to the voters in a referendum came after a legal ruling by City Attorney Sherri Morris that the City Council has no legal authority to call such an election.

Morris told the Council members that the Lawrason Act, which governs municipalities such as Central, does not give cities the power to call elections for such purposes.

The City Council can call an election to ask voters whether to authorize certain taxes and issue bonds but not for other matters.