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Resident presses council on Resolution 45 hiring language and DEI exemption; council provides limited answers
Summary
A Long Branch resident used the public-comment period at the March 12 council meeting to question Resolution 45’s legal basis and to ask that the council delay action until the language is clarified.
A Long Branch resident used the city council’s public-comment period on March 12 to press elected officials about Resolution 45 and to ask that the body delay action until the document’s legal basis was clarified.
Vincent Laporte of 33 Ocean Towers asked why an ordinance that had appeared on the meeting agenda had been removed and replaced with Resolution 45. “Council president Viera originally listed on this agenda this evening was the introduction of ordinance 5. It doesn't appear this evening. Instead, there's Resolution 45 pretty much concerning the same matter. Why was the introduction of ordinance 5 removed, Council President Viera?” Laporte asked.
Council President Mario Viera said the city had consulted state civil-service staff and was told the change…
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