The Raleigh Public Record reports Raleigh’s city attorney will report back to the council in a few days about the possibility of expanding city council terms to four years.
Councilors are considering extending term limits from two years to four years, but the exact details of those terms haven’t been ironed out. Councilor Bonner Gaylord said he would prefer if the terms were staggered rather than all seats being up for election at the same time.
But Councilor Mary-Ann Baldwin said that a problem with staggering the elections is that the mayor’s race is the big driver to the polls. It’s possible that the off-year councilors won’t have a large voter turnout.
