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Committee debates absenteeism, discipline and signing council rules; staff asked to research options
Summary
Committee members debated language to address unexcused absences, removal thresholds and a possible requirement that councilors acknowledge or sign council rules. Staff was directed to research practices and sample charter language.
The Sweet Home Charter Review Committee spent extensive time debating how to address council attendance, potential discipline for repeated unexcused absences, and whether councilors should be required to sign a code of conduct or council rules.
Members discussed a voter‑approved state measure referenced in the meeting that would make excessive unexcused absences a disqualifying factor; some committee members supported adding an unexcused‑absence…
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