Commission reviews draft ordinance wording and county statute references
The commission went line‑by‑line through definitions (Section 35‑4 onward), debated punctuation and phrase choices (for example, changing 'in any amount and form' to 'deemed satisfactory') and agreed to check state statute wording before altering statutory language.
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The commission began a detailed review of draft language in Section 35‑4 and surrounding sections. Commissioners pointed out clumsy or unclear phrasing in the draft (copied in places from Monroe County's code and other templates) and recommended edits such as replacing "in any amount and form satisfactory to the county" with simpler phrasing like "deemed satisfactory." Speaker 6 relayed a written suggestion from a colleague (Mary Stanek) to clarify the phrasing around bonds and instruments of credit.
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