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Council backs uniform bylaws template and narrows flag‑lowering process for city flags
Summary
Council approved moving a standardized bylaws template to boards and agreed to permit council members (in addition to the mayor) to request lowering the city flag on city property for local employee deaths and other council‑requested events.
The Administrative Services Committee presented two related items to council on Oct. 20: a proposed unified bylaws template for non‑quasi‑judicial boards and commissions, and a recommendation to update city practice for lowering flags on city property.
Jennifer Stubbs, City Secretary, described a bylaws template intended to standardize officers, meeting cadence, quorum definitions, committees and term limits for board chairs (a chair may serve a maximum of two consecutive years and then must…
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