The panel has narrowly approved a proposal strengthening the role of the city's mayor, adding to a list of about a dozen changes to the charter likely to go before voters.
The commission also votes to send a proposal for universal resident voting to its attorney to draft into formal charter language and rejects a proposal to increase city councilor pay.
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