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Council defers ordinance that would notify members of certain property-standards settlements
Summary
The Metropolitan Council voted to defer action two meetings on BL2025948, an ordinance that would require council notification before settlements in property-standards cases exceeding $1,000; Metro legal raised timing and workload concerns and said some numbers may change.
The Metropolitan Council on Aug. 5 deferred two meetings consideration of ordinance BL2025948, which would require council members to be notified before settlement of certain property-standards cases if the settlement amount exceeds $1,000.
Council sponsor (unnamed) said the measure is intended to give council members a chance to discuss district clean‑up work with the Department of Law before settlements are finalized. "When it gets to the final part of the court proceedings, if there's to be some type of settlement, we, as council members, would be notified if it's above a thousand dollars prior to a settlement," the sponsor said.
The deferral gives the sponsor and Metro…
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