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Rules committee reviews ordinance to limit debate on motions to postpone indefinitely before public hearings
Summary
The Anchorage Assembly Rules Committee on May 8 discussed two draft ordinance versions that would restrict debate when a motion to postpone an agenda item indefinitely is made before a public hearing is held. Members split over a strict, nondebatable rule and a narrower, chair-enforced option; no committee vote was recorded.
The Anchorage Assembly Rules Committee reviewed a draft ordinance May 8 that would change how motions to "postpone indefinitely" are handled when made before a public hearing is held.
Assembly Member Felix Rivera, who introduced the drafts, said the change grew out of a recent meeting on a jaywalking ordinance. "We did spend so much time getting into the debate and the merits of that particular ordinance before the public hearing," Rivera said, describing audience members who came to speak but had to watch debate first.
Rivera presented two versions of the proposal. Draft A would make a motion to postpone indefinitely, if raised before the public hearing, nondiscussable — the motion would be made and voted on without debate. Draft B would allow limited discussion of the motion but would forbid reaching the merits of the underlying item. "I do think for the benefit of…
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