Fostoria, Ohio is a charter city. One city council member has proposed some changes to their charter which would be poor ideas, to many peoples' way of thinking. Fortunately, the other council members have disagreed with him, so the proposed changes have been turned down. However, other charter cities have done similar things to their charters. One reason is to save money. Once a charter is in place, any number of negative changes can be made. Once different council members are voted in, they may agree with the proposed changes.