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Emeryville council combines transportation and sustainability committees, trims housing committee and approves committee assignments
Summary
The council voted to merge the Transportation and Sustainability committees into a single monthly body, reduce the Housing Committee membership from nine to seven, set Public Safety and Community Services committees to meet six times per year, and approved council and regional appointments.
Emeryville — The City Council voted to reorganize its advisory and council committees, approved a change in meeting frequency for two committees and ratified a slate of council appointments to regional bodies at its meeting.
City Clerk April (last name not specified on transcript) opened the committee reorganization item and presented staff recommendations to reduce the Public Safety and Community Services committees to six meetings per year, combine the Transportation and Sustainability committees, and reduce the Housing Committee from nine members to seven. "Staff recommends that council adopt a resolution reducing the Public Safety and Community Services Committee meetings to 6 times per year," April said during the presentation.
Council debate focused on workload, quorum…
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