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Sweetwater commission makes youth advisory board ad hoc, OKs new speaker-form rule on first reading
Summary
The City Commission amended its code to convert the youth advisory board to an ad hoc body and approved first reading of a rule allowing a designated speaker to represent a group at meetings, with commission ratification of appointments and clerk-maintained speaker forms.
The City Commission of Sweetwater on Oct. 6 approved an ordinance converting the city’s youth advisory board into an ad hoc entity and, on a separate item, approved on first reading updated rules for public comment that allow a designated representative to speak for a group.
Commissioners said both measures are intended to give the commission flexibility while preserving residents’ right to speak at meetings.
The youth-advisory ordinance amends Chapter 2, Article 10, Division 3 of the Sweetwater Code of Ordinances to make the board ad hoc, allow the mayor to constitute it on an as‑needed basis and require commission ratification of appointments. The…
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