By Adrian Florido
A member of the committee that recommended recent City Charter changes adding a ninth City Council district says city officials are misinterpreting the charter as they try to phase in that new district.
Adrian Kwiatkowski, one of 15 who sat on Mayor Jerry Sanders’ Charter Review Committee, said the committee did not intend for residents of the new 9th District to go a year without a council representative. The City Charter wouldn’t require that, he said, despite what Council President Tony Young said at a press conference Thursday afternoon.
“That wasn’t our intent, and we thought the language was pretty clear,” Kwiatkowski said.
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