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Council defeats motion to rescind removal from C TRAN committee; debate prompts call for clearer rules on committee direction
Summary
Clark County Council debated whether council direction should bind representatives on regional boards and failed to rescind an earlier action removing Councilor Belcott from the C TRAN committee. Councilors proposed changes to rules and procedures and asked staff to draft possible language for a public hearing next week.
Chair Marshall and the Clark County Council debated March 19 over whether council direction should be binding on members who represent the county on outside committees, culminating in a failed motion to rescind the council action that removed Councilor Belcott from the C TRAN committee.
The dispute began after a February 26 action to remove Belcott from Clark County representation on C TRAN, the regional transit board. Councilor Little said she had voted based on an understanding of how committee direction works and later proposed written rules to make majority direction binding when a council member votes on behalf of the county. "If a councilor asks for direction for their committee or the council directs a councilor on a committee for a vote, then the majority vote is…
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