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Council members dispute committee appointments; motion filed to amend bylaws and add presentation committee to next agenda
Summary
Several council members criticized committee appointment procedures and asked the chair to add proposed bylaw revisions — including a rule that every council member serve on two standing committees and a prohibition against the chair/vice chair serving as committee chairs — to the March 10 agenda for formal consideration.
A dispute over standing-committee appointments dominated council time on Feb. 24 as several members raised concerns about representation, process and transparency.
Councilman Golbach (first name not specified on the record) said many constituents had asked why some council members were not appointed to any standing committee and proposed specific bylaw changes: require that every council member be appointed to two standing committees (to distribute 14 committee seats among seven members), prohibit the…
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