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Council adopts updated planning commission bylaws and code changes to standardize interviews, remote attendance and orientation
Summary
The City Council adopted Resolution 25-01 and Ordinance 2015 to revise planning commission bylaws and the municipal code to standardize interviews, require clearer remote-attendance rules and add orientation and anti-bias language for advisory-board appointments.
City Administrator Sabrina Combs and Development Services Director David Cool asked the Oak Harbor City Council on Jan. 7 to adopt changes to planning commission bylaws and to replace the city’s planning-commission code chapter to standardize interview procedures, clarify remote attendance, add bias-avoidance language and create an orientation for new members.
Combs told the council the proposed changes follow a council request to revise the interview process and that the city attorney identified additional clarifications. The changes include a staff operating procedure…
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