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Rules Committee proposes earlier disclosure of conflicts; sends draft language back to staff for legal review
Summary
The committee reviewed draft language allowing council members to provide a conflict‑of‑interest disclosure to corporation counsel before meetings, approved a timing amendment, but tabled additional changes pending counsel review.
The Rules Committee reviewed new draft language to permit council members to disclose potential conflicts of interest to the corporation counsel by a set deadline before a public meeting and to allow counsel to issue a determination.
Under the draft, council members may notify corporation counsel by 1 hour before the council’s published meeting start time; in such cases staff…
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