Now that its work is largely complete, Luzerne County’s Government Study Commission cancelled most of its upcoming public meetings, the citizen panel decided Thursday.

The only previously scheduled meetings remaining on its calendar will be on Sept. 18 and Oct. 16.

A majority of the seven-citizen commission voted July 28 to approve the final proposed new county home rule charter that will be placed before voters for possible adoption Nov. 4. If approved, the charter would replace a structure in effect since January 2012.

In the next step, the county election board is scheduled to vote Aug. 20 on the placement of the referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Study commission members agreed Thursday that they would schedule an emergency meeting if there are any unforeseen issues with the election

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