MUSKEGON, MI - A proposal on the Nov. 4 election ballot seeks to amend the Muskegon City Charter to put a 12-year term limit on members of the city commission.

According to Muskegon County Clerk’s website , the charter would be amended to add that “A person may not serve on the City Commission for terms or partial terms that combined total more than 12 years” and to state that ward elections became effective Nov. 2, 1982.

There are six former commissioners, one current commissioner, and the mayor who may be ineligible to serve if the charter amendment is enacted, according to the clerk’s website.

The proposal was put forward by Muskegon Partnership for Reasonable Limits , a “grassroots organization that believes term limits are about accountability, opportunity, and giving voters mor

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