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Committee adopts absentee rule and urges council to create pro‑tem pool and vacancy timeline
Summary
The committee approved a rule barring councilors with 10 or more unexcused regular‑meeting absences in a calendar year from running for re‑election, voted to recommend a pro‑tem councilor mechanism and agreed that the city should set a 60‑day timeline to fill certain midterm vacancies.
The Sweet Home Charter Revision Committee moved to add several provisions addressing council attendance, temporary replacements and vacancy filling.
The committee approved language that would prevent a sitting city councilor who accrues 10 or more unexcused absences from regular council meetings in any calendar year during their term from qualifying as a candidate for reelection to the next term. The motion passed by voice vote; committee members asked staff to clarify in draft language how "unexcused" absences…
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