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Committee weighs rule allowing deferral when nominees cannot attend interview
Summary
The committee discussed a proposed change to the nominations process (Rule 50.2) to permit a nominee who cannot attend an initial rules‑committee interview — because of vacation, illness, or other exigent reasons — to appear at the subsequent meeting rather than be deemed withdrawn.
Council Member Coop described a case involving an East Bank Development Authority nominee who could not attend the rules committee interview because of a family funeral and argued that automatic withdrawal for absence can be a "disservice to the city and to those individuals." He proposed language allowing the rules committee, by motion, to defer a nominee to the committee's subsequent meeting for consideration.
Supporters said the staggered two‑meeting nomination process already creates…
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