Irondale council debates two competing training guides for municipal board members; council agrees to collaborate and delay final adoption

The Irondale City Council spent substantial discussion time on June 3 on two competing resolutions to establish a municipal board member training guide. Councilman Aaron Sims introduced a resolution (R99) to create a municipal board member training guide; Councilwoman McQuayre subsequently presented an alternative version (R103) that would make the guide part of the enabling resolution and remove references to commissions appointed exclusively by the mayor.

Key items in dispute included who could implement time‑sensitive changes to the training guide and whether the guide should be adopted as an exhibit to a…