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Commission agrees alternates may fill in as voting members when activated; rotation rule adopted
Summary
The commission debated and adopted rules that allow alternates to participate in person and vote when standing in for an absent commissioner; if both alternates attend they will alternate which one is activated to preserve continuity.
The Fort Myers Beach Charter Review Commission on Oct. 7 agreed that its two alternates should be invited to attend meetings, participate in discussion and, when activated to replace an absent commissioner, exercise full voting rights for that meeting.
Town Attorney Nancy Stuprich told the commission the current town charter does not specify how alternates should be used; the group discussed…
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