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Punta Gorda canal committee split over reducing membership; backs loosening of absence rule
Summary
Deputy City Clerk Jennifer Faulkner presented proposed bylaw revisions to reduce membership to five regular members and one alternate and to change the forfeiture rule from three absences in 12 months to four.
Deputy City Clerk Jennifer Faulkner presented two proposed bylaw changes to the Punta Gorda Isles Canal Advisory Committee on Sept. 15: (1) reduce regular board membership to five plus one alternate (standardizing across most city boards) and (2) change the absence-forfeiture rule from three absences in 12 months to four.
Faulkner explained the current process and the proposed changes: "The current absence policy under the bylaws is 3 absences in a 12 month period. On the third absence, your seat is automatically forfeit... The proposed change is basically to add 1 more. So now it…
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