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City amends board attendance rule, allowing council exceptions for missed meetings
Summary
The Portage City Council adopted an amendment to the city code to terminate board or commission members who miss one-third or more of meetings in a year, while allowing the council to grant case-by-case exceptions. Council members said the change modernizes an ordinance written in 1983.
The Portage City Council on May 11 adopted an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 7, Section 2252, to revise attendance rules for city boards and commissions.
Under the newly adopted ordinance, a board or commission member who misses one-third or more of that body’s meetings within a 12-month period may be terminated from the body. Council members discussed…
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