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Committee adopts rewritten interference-with-administration language after attorney warns of free-speech risk
Summary
Following discussion of a Corvallis court case, the committee removed prior interference language and adopted new sections clarifying that the council cannot direct administrative hires or give orders to staff and that appointment/removal matters should be handled through the city manager, while preserving the council's right to express views.
The Charter Review Committee voted to replace its existing interference-with-administration language with a revised pair of sections drafted by the city attorney to address First Amendment concerns raised by a recent federal court case.
City Attorney Blair Larson told the committee that the Corvallis case — where a councillor’s removal was challenged on…
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