Onondaga County residents are one step closer to voting on term limits for the offices of county executive and comptroller. County legislators carried out their part of a court agreement Tuesday with no discussion and unanimously approved the local law. It gives voters two options: a 12-year or 16-year limit. Republican Ken Bush said it’s a step in the right direction.
“I think there was a sigh of relief having this vote today to move forward and put it on the ballot," he told WAER News in an interview. "It’s a campaign promise I made five years ago. I've been consistent with the 12 years from day one, and I'm just glad that the people will have an opportunity to vote on it.”
Bush said that’s a critical part of the legislation.
“There's a principle involved when you reach out to the voters and allow them to have a say in government," he said. "And that was important to me, just like last year when they had the opportunity to vote on term limits for the legislature. So, we could have done it in-house without going to a referendum, but it will be better this way.”
But first, the county executive must hold a public hearing and approve the measure as part of the agreement. Then the county’s elections commissioners are required to put it on this November’s ballot.
