In those lazy, hazy days of summer, one commission was at work proposing yet another plan on how long New York City’s elected officials can stay in one office.

In November, New Yorkers will decide on issues including term limits, a commission responsible for recommending changes to the city’s charter voted on Monday.

A debate has erupted in the aftermath of a decision by the Charter Revision Commission to protect incumbents from a change to the term limits.

New York voters will get the chance to vote on the issue, but not on another one that also has been hotly debated, the introduction of nonpartisan elections.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has donated millions to the Doe Fund, whose leaders helped him alter term limits.

About 20 employees of the Doe Fund, which works with the homeless, spoke before the City Council in the fall of 2008.

One event in the Bronx drew 47,521 spectators; another fell short by 47,468. Guess which one dealt with how New York City ought to govern itself?

Switching its position, Citizens Union, the watchdog group, said turnout had grown too low and municipal elections preordained under the party system.

The New York City Charter Revision Commission is revisiting an issue that provoked outrage in 2008 when Mayor Bloomberg wanted a third term.

The 15-member commission is the fourth such group appointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.