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Rules committee advances draft changes to automatic-initiative fund language; includes shred events and full newsletter costs
Summary
The Rules, Administration and Procedures committee reported changes to a draft amendment governing the use of automatic-initiative funds. Committee chair said language will add shredded-material events and allow full newsletter printing costs; the measure will appear as new business at the full council next week.
Members of the Rules, Administration and Procedures committee briefed the full Committee of the Whole on Jan. 21 about proposed amendments to city policy for automatic-initiative funds (agenda item 25-0068).
Committee members said the draft will codify existing uses and clarify eligible expenses. The chair described two specific changes the committee agreed to: allowing funds to be used for shred events (in addition to recycling and cleanup activities already listed) and permitting the full cost of printed newsletters to be charged to the fund rather than limiting coverage to postage.
A council member noted the draft changes equate to a reallocation that the committee described in the meeting as setting $37,500 for each (the transcript did not specify the total fund or all affected line items). Committee leadership said the current language is available in the agenda packet and that a traditional ordinance and memo will be prepared before the item is presented to the full council as new business next week.
Council members asked for the revised language to be circulated earlier than the standard 48-hour packet notice; staff said the revised text is available in the RAP (Rules, Administration and Procedures) packet and that a formal memo will accompany the item when it goes to council.
