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Rules Committee narrows 'special order of business' language and lowers threshold to three council members
Summary
The committee revised the draft rules to remove a broad 'importance to community' clause and voted to allow three council members to place a special order of business on the agenda rather than a simple majority.
The Rules Committee approved changes to the draft city council rules that narrow how items are classified as a “special order of business” and lowered the threshold for placing such items on the city council agenda.
Committee members voted 6‑4 to remove a proposed clause that would have allowed items “of particular importance to the community” to be placed as a special order of business;…
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