Launceston’s call for two-term mayoral limit

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Launceston City Council will this week finalise a submission to the State Government with feedback after last year’s local government elections.

A key proposal for discussion is limiting the tenure of mayors to two terms as a means of more effective succession planning.

The draft submission also calls for more work to raise community awareness of candidates so that higher profile candidates don’t have an unfair advantage; and for a mix of on the day and postal voting as occurs at state government elections.

The council will consider the content of its submission at its meeting on Thursday.