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Council debates creating advisory committees as commissioners reshuffle membership
Summary
Council members and legal counsel discussed whether the council can form its own advisory compensation and insurance committees, the limits of another branch's appointment power, open meetings constraints and the option to adopt a resolution to codify council committees.
Boone County Council members and the county's legal counsel discussed the limits of the council's authority to appoint members to county committees and whether the council should create its own advisory committees for compensation, insurance and budget matters.
Legal counsel Jewel advised that when appointment power is granted to an executive branch or another body, the council cannot unilaterally override that appointment but may form its own advisory subcommittees by resolution. "When that power is given to one branch in the government, another one cannot," Jewel said. He recommended that any council-created advisory committee be established by written resolution so the procedure is…
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