Council Delays Consolidation Vote

Published Sept. 1, 2009 at 7:07 p.m.

The City Council delayed voting for at least two weeks on a resolution to set a new Charter Commission for the purpose of creating a metro government.

"I'm in favor of consolidation," said councilman Jim Strickland, "but I'm not convinced that next year is the right time to move forward."

Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery gave a presentation to the council's executive committee that cited population loss, brain drain, economic development, and duplication in services as reasons why the two governments should merge.

"Dual-headed government is a broken business model," he said.

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