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Iowa City rules committee approves reducing Housing and Community Development Commission from nine to seven members
Summary
The Iowa City Rules Committee voted May 8 to approve an amendment reducing the Housing and Community Development Commission from nine to seven members and lowering the quorum from five to four, citing chronic attendance problems and three current vacancies.
On May 8 the Iowa City Rules Committee approved an amendment to the Housing and Community Development Commission bylaws to reduce the commission’s size from nine members to seven and to lower the quorum from five to four.
The change, approved by committee motion, was proposed after several commission meetings suffered from low attendance and two January meetings were canceled for lack of quorum. “So the context of this amendment, this came from the request from the commission chair after 2 meetings were canceled,” a staff member said, summarizing the commission’s request. The staff member added that average attendance at meetings since 2021 has been…
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