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Rules committee forwards ordinance to codify council vacancy process to full council
Summary
The Lee's Summit City Council Rules Committee voted unanimously March 20 to send draft ordinance 2025-6800 — which would codify the procedure for filling a council vacancy — to the full council with a recommendation of approval after brief discussion of timeframes for applicant filing and interviews.
The Lee's Summit City Council Rules Committee voted unanimously March 20 to forward draft ordinance 2025-6800, which would add a new section establishing the procedure for filling a vacancy on the city council, to the full council with a recommendation of approval.
The ordinance would place the vacancy procedure in the city's Code of Ordinances, chapter 2, reflecting the process the council followed after a recent resignation. Mr. Head, a staff member who drafted the ordinance, told the committee he "took the process that we followed last time, tried to condense it just a little bit" and that the draft "is very similar to what…
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