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Homeless Planning Council debates downsizing and governance after Metro Council rule change
Summary
Council members and staff discussed HUD technical-assistance recommendations, attendance problems and a recent Metro Council ordinance that removed voting rights for council members, and planned a February retreat and March follow-up workshops.
Council members and staff spent significant time debating whether to downsize the Homeless Planning Council and how to reconcile local attendance problems with representation goals after recent legislation changed voting rights for some participants.
Participants reviewed a packet of documents including attendance records, feedback gathered from a general-membership exercise, the original ordinance that established the council, and the November legislation that made Metro Council appointees nonvoting members of the HPC. Metro Legal staff said the November change removed voting privileges for the three Metro Council members who serve on the body; mayoral appointees retain voting rights. The legal office also…
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