Willoughby voters will consider six charter amendments on the November ballot. According to Mayor Robert Fiala, the city conducts a formal review of its charter every six years, which is overseen by the Charter Review Commission. The commission is composed of members appointed by council and the mayor with the requirement that all members must be city electors, and cannot be employed by the city. The commission spent several months meeting, discussing and reviewing potential changes, concluding with a final report submitted to council in June, Fiala said. “The proposed amendments reflect the commission’s thorough analysis of the charter and aim to address the evolving needs of the city,” he said. “Voters will have the opportunity to approve or reject these changes at the polls.” The six suggested amendments are: • An amendment for the establishment of a mandatory retirement age for all municipal employees. • An amendment for the supply to the city of the product or service of a utility. •  Another amendment to provide that the council, by at least a two-thirds vote of its members, expel or remove any member for gross misconduct, malfeasance, nonfeasance, misfeasance in or disqualification for office; for the conviction while in office of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude; for persistent failure to abide by council rules; or for absence without justifiable excuse from three consecutive regular meetings. • Another amendment to provide that the council, by an affirmative vote of five members, remove the mayor for gross misconduct, malfeasance or nonfeasance in or disqualification for office, or for the conviction while in office of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, or if adjudicated incompetent, or for a violation of the mayor’s oath of office. • An amendment to provide that classified service shall include employees of the city operated utilities requiring a personal operator license, commercial driver’s license or any other operator’s license as required under Ohio law in the performance of their duties. • An amendment to provide that masculine pronouns used in this charter shall be construed to include the female pronouns. The passage of the proposed charter amendments would simply determine which amendments will be made to the city’s charter, Fiala said. If the amendments pass, they will be incorporated into the city’s charter as outlined. If they do not pass, the current charter language will remain in place and the charter will be reviewed again in 2030. There are currently 17,134 voters in Willoughby, according to the Lake County Elections Board.