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Cottage Grove trustees debate committee assignments; Plan Commission appointments pulled for review
Summary
Trustees raised concerns about uneven committee workloads and transparency of citizen-applicant outreach; the board approved several commission appointments but withdrew Plan Commission confirmations for further review.
A contentious portion of Cottage Grove’s meeting centered on committee and commission appointments. Several trustees said the slate of appointments presented by the village president left new trustees with limited information about existing membership, term expirations and citizen applications.
After extended discussion, the board approved a subset of committees (including the law-enforcement committee, Cottage Grove Fire District Commission, Deer-Grove EMS Commission and Board of Review) and later approved the remaining presented appointments with Plan Commission appointments removed…
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