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Elgin council debates rules overhaul: executive-session materials and voting order divide members
Summary
Council members spent over an hour discussing proposed changes to council rules of procedure, including restrictions on removing executive-session materials, rotating vote order and guidance on conference travel; a motion to alternate voting order failed.
The Elgin City Council spent the longest portion of its June 25 meeting reviewing possible changes to the council rules of procedure, debating whether council members may remove materials from executive sessions, how to rotate the order of roll-call votes and whether to set guidelines for travel to conferences.
Council member Ortiz introduced the rules-review items and said he had discussed options with colleagues. Ortiz proposed retaining Council member Powell on the Cultural Arts Commission and removing council liaisons from other commissions, plus a proposal that materials provided in executive session not leave the meeting room. "No city staff materials come out of the executive session," Ortiz said, describing the change he was…
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