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Woodside council introduces ordinance to end November meeting ban; approves consent items
Summary
The Town Council introduced an ordinance to remove a municipal-code prohibition on holding meetings between a municipal election and canvass/certification, and approved several consent-agenda items including two pulled items after discussion.
The Woodside Town Council on Jan. 25 introduced an ordinance to remove a municipal-code provision that has, since 1997, prohibited the council from meeting between a general municipal election and the canvassing and certification of results.
Town Manager Kevin Bayer reviewed the code's history and told the council the provision effectively banned meetings in November of election years. "This past fall, we had a situation where we had a new member elected, but the majority of the council stayed the same," Bayer said, explaining the provision's origins as a 1997 attempt to prevent so-called "lame duck" councils from taking actions after elections.
Bayer said the town is the…
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