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Commissioners seek to clarify majority vote rule and shorten appointment timeline
Summary
Commissioners proposed adding an explicit "four votes" requirement to the rules and procedures for passage of motions and discussed streamlining the multi-meeting appointment process for boards and authorities.
The Chilton County Commission debated clarifying its rules so that passage of any motion, policy, ordinance or resolution requires four affirmative votes, not a majority of members present.
A commissioner asked that the rules and procedures's voting section be amended to state "4 votes" because the commission has seven members and a majority of the full commission is four. The commissioner said the wording "majority of the commission" has…
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