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Committee approves sending revised rescue-squad and fire-service advisory commission ordinances to council, proposes reconstitution and $100 pay
Summary
The committee agreed to forward draft ordinances that would reconstitute advisory commissions to report to the committee (rather than directly to full council), retain current membership selection methods, and include a $100 annual stipend; it also reduced a meeting/visit frequency requirement to once every six months.
Oconee County’s Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee voted to forward revised ordinances for the Rescue Squad Advisory Commission and the Fire Service Advisory Commission to county counsel and the full County Council, with provisions to reconstitute membership upon passage and to include a $100-per-year stipend.
Mr. Myers, the committee member who brought the drafts forward, said the goal is for advisory commissions to report to this committee rather than directly to the full council. He asked the committee to allow commissions to be reconstituted following passage so members who previously declined to serve because they felt…
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