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Newport approves consent agenda including personnel ordinance readings and new community policing role
Summary
The board approved a consent agenda that included readings of personnel ordinances and creation/codification of several positions; the police department will add a community outreach role to work with code enforcement and ABC enforcement.
The Board of Commissioners approved a consent agenda that included personnel ordinance actions and a package of staffing moves across city departments, and the commission recorded direction that certain ordinance items will require a second reading at the next meeting.
City staff described the package as reorganizing existing duties and formally codifying roles that already operate in practice. Items discussed included moving the city’s regular meeting time to 6:30 p.m. (an ordinance), the economic development coordinator and municipal liaison positions in the city manager’s office, planning and…
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