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Council declines to advance personnel-manual amendment that would shift appeal authority to COO
Summary
Councilmember Anderson proposed updating personnel rules to give the city's chief operating officer (COO) final authority for certain personnel appeal/termination procedures; council members declined to proceed after legal concerns and lack of majority support
Councilmember Anderson introduced a council policy proposal to amend the personnel manual and part of the Redmond Municipal Code to align procedures with the previously created Chief Operating Officer role.
The proposal, presented under Council Talk Time, sought to change language that refers to the mayor as the final administrative appeals authority to the COO for certain personnel actions confirmed by council, and to add related code updates (Councilmember Anderson…
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