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Council rules revision advances after debate over committee size and member removal process
Summary
A proposed update to the Warwick City Council rules—codifying committee sizes and housekeeping edits, and changing how committee membership changes are overruled—moved through committee and to the full council after an amendment replaced a two‑thirds override with a majority appeal process.
A rules amendment package that restructures Warwick City Council committees and clarifies operational language advanced Jan. 13 after debate about committee size and how authority to remove committee members should be checked by the full council.
Why it matters: Council rules govern how the legislative body sets committees, assigns members, and manages internal procedure. Changes that affect committee size, quorum questions and standards for overturning committee assignments have consequences for transparency and political control of committee work.
The package before the council cleaned up obsolete language, formalized an expansion of committee…
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