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Planning commission votes to advise denial of council proposal to remove school board seat
Summary
After extensive public comment and testimony from school and business leaders, the Middletown Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of a city council text amendment proposal that would remove the school board’s appointed voting member from the planning commission and transfer appointment authority to city council.
The Middletown Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of a proposed text amendment that would let city council appoint all seven planning commission members and remove the school board’s voting seat.
The amendment, submitted by city council, would change language in the city code (chapter 12.26.01) to remove the voting member currently appointed by the Middletown Board of Education and make the seventh seat a council appointment. City staff presented the proposed language and a scanned set of supporting attachments, and advised the commission the referral is advisory: the planning commission’s role is to recommend approval, denial or approval with addenda back to city council.
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