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Commission keeps GOB oversight board after heated debate over sunsetting
Summary
After hours of public discussion and a failed amendment to sunset it, the City Commission voted 6–1 to continue the General Obligation Bond (GOB) oversight advisory committee, while allowing reductions in meeting frequency to address staff workload concerns.
The Hollywood City Commission voted 6–1 on March 5 to continue the General Obligation Bond (GOB) oversight advisory committee rather than sunsetting it, after a two-hour debate about the board’s utility now that many bond-funded projects are in construction.
The commission’s decision follows a motion by Commissioner Hernandez to approve the city clerk’s recommendation to continue the listed advisory boards, and an earlier amendment by Commissioner Biederman seeking to remove the GOB oversight board. That amendment failed 3–4, and the final motion to retain the GOB advisory committee passed 6–1 with Commissioner Biederman opposed.
The advisory body was created by the city commission’s implementing resolution, which the city attorney read into the record as Resolution 2018-389 and which sets the committee at 15 members with specific category and geographic guidelines (neighborhood representation, professional/industry seats, no more than…
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