New Canaan Charter Panel Defers Term Limits, Property Vote
Other Committee · Meeting of June 18, 2026
New Canaan charter panel punts term limits and property rule to June 30. The Charter Revision Commission left two of its highest-stakes recommendations unresolved Thursday: a 12-year term-limit cap, where the commission's own 6-4 vote combined with the Town Council's 5-7 straw poll produced an 11-11 split, and a decades-old requirement that Board of Finance members own real estate. Commission counsel Nick Bamonte warned the property rule "isn't insulated against a broader federal constitutional challenge," while member Todd Lampert said it unfairly excludes longtime renters, noting "half my clients are not property owners." The commission left the requirement in place for now; voters affirmed it 70 percent in a 2016 referendum.
Both questions return June 30, with a final report due to the Town Council by July 13 ahead of its July 15 vote on what reaches the November ballot.
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Source: the Other Committee meeting of June 18, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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