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Iowa City housing commission asks council to pause filling two vacancies while it pursues bylaw change
Summary
The Housing and Community Development Commission voted to ask City Council to hold off appointing two members while the commission pursues a proposal to reduce its membership from nine to seven to lower the quorum from five to four.
At its recent meeting, the Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) in Iowa City voted to ask City Council to delay filling two current vacancies while the commission pursues a possible amendment to its bylaws to reduce membership from nine to seven.
The request stems from repeated difficulties assembling a quorum. Kyle Vogel, chair of the HCDC, said the commission has struggled to convene five members since October and that reducing membership to seven would change the quorum requirement from five members to four. "We haven't been able to meet since October," Vogel said, and that made it impossible for the commission to make recommendations on time for some council items.
Commissioners discussed attendance data provided by staff showing lower participation in recent years. Mary Ann Dennis, a longtime commissioner and former affordable-housing developer, told colleagues…
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