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Executive committee approves ordinance setting procedures for alder removal hearings
Summary
The Madison Common Council Executive Committee voted 5-1 on March 11 to adopt an ordinance creating section 2.37 of the Madison General Ordinances to establish procedures for removal hearings of council members, including an initial council determination whether allegations, if true, would state a claim for removal.
The Madison Common Council Executive Committee on March 11 approved an ordinance to create section 2.37 of the Madison General Ordinances establishing procedures for removal hearings of alderpersons, passing the measure 5-1.
The ordinance adds a procedural step in which the council determines whether the allegations, assuming they were true, would state a claim for removal under the governing statute; if the council makes that determination the city attorney is then directed to prepare and introduce an authorizing resolution to initiate a hearing. The committee approved the measure on a roll call of five ayes and one no.
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