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Junction City council debates ending standing committees, considers sector-based community meetings
Summary
Council members and staff discussed proposed changes to committee rules and a plan to pause standing committees in July while piloting sector-based "community information" meetings; no final ordinance was adopted but council directed staff to return with a transition plan.
Junction City councilors spent more than an hour on April 8 debating a proposal to change how the council organizes its advisory committees and how it engages neighborhoods.
City Administrator Jason outlined a plan to move away from the standing-committee structure toward sector-based community meetings — modeled on earlier “sector” or community information gatherings — and to pause standing committees in July while staff pilots the approach. The idea would let councilors volunteer for committees rather than being assigned, reduce the frequency of required committee meetings, and increase outreach by holding meetings in…
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