Monday night the council decided to take action by modifying an earlier proposal and suggesting increasing the terms to three years. Alderwoman Charity Doyle says it would be smart to move it forward to a second reading and explore it some more instead of killing the idea right away. If approved, the term length change would take place in 2013 for the mayor and 2014 for council members. The issue now goes back to the Legal and Finance Committee.

Tessa Thomas