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Council members ask law department to clarify "three readings" rule and options to streamline meetings
Summary
Committee discussed why Norwood reads ordinance captions three times and whether statutory rules or local charter status allow alternative procedures such as consolidated readings or a consent/consensus agenda; members asked the law department to report back.
Committee members debated whether the city’s practice of reading ordinance captions three times at council meetings is required by state law or driven by local statutory or procedural choices. Members noted that some other municipalities appear to use consolidated readings or read the caption once while still making the three required readings in the record, and they asked the city law department to clarify the legal basis and options.
During the discussion council members…
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