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Kenosha County board rejects amended rules but approves new ethics code and several grants and appointments
Summary
The county board failed to adopt amended board rules by the required two-thirds majority but unanimously approved an updated county ethics ordinance and a package of routine resolutions including a small JAG grant and committee appointments.
Kenosha County supervisors voted down proposed changes to county board rules (Ordinance 17 as amended) but approved an updated county ethics ordinance (Ordinance 18) and a series of routine resolutions and appointments.
Ordinance 17, a second-reading amendment to Chapter 2 (County Board rules), was debated at length and amended on the floor; the amended ordinance failed to reach the two-thirds threshold. The clerk announced that Ordinance 17 “fails required 16 yes votes to pass so it fails 15 yes 5 no.” Several supervisors objected to last-minute amendments and argued that the rules process should have unfolded earlier in committee meetings.
Separately the board unanimously…
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