With the caveat that changes can still be made, six of the seven Luzerne County Government Study Commission members voted Thursday to recommend a draft revised county home rule charter that was hammered out over the past year through majority vote.

Affirmation was necessary because this version will be the subject of the commission’s first public hearing, set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at the Luzerne County Operations Building, 1199 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming.

The commission discussed plans to hold at least two more public hearings in other regions of the county to obtain feedback before it locks in the final package, which will be put before county voters for possible adoption in the November general election.

Voting in support of the draft version were Commission Chairman Ted Ritsick, Vi

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