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Council adopts Cathcart amendment and adds emergency ordinance on council employees for first reading
Summary
Council suspended rules and adopted the Cathcart amendment to an emergency ordinance (C36774) concerning council employees and legislative assistance. Councilmember Dylan withdrew his competing amendment after clarifying that both amendments covered the same legislative assistance section.
Council considered an emergency ordinance (C36774) related to city council employees and legislative assistance during the Oct. 20 agenda review. Two proposed amendments were on the table: one from Councilmember Dylan and one from Councilmember Cathcart. Policy staff had discussed whether the amendments could be harmonized; staff advised that if the council adopted Dylan's amendment first and then Cathcart's amendment the two could be made compatible, but staff recommended adopting only one amendment to avoid confusion.
Councilmember Dylan said he would withdraw his amendment after confirming that Cathcart's language retained the key elements he had intended for legislative assistance. Councilmember Bingle moved to suspend council rules and amend without automatic deferral to adopt the Cathcart amendment; a second was recorded. The council voted by voice to suspend the rules and adopt the Cathcart amendment (members indicated "aye"). The chair read a motion to add the emergency ordinance C36774 to the Oct. 27 agenda for consideration as an emergency item.
Staff and council discussed sequencing and asked that motions be read as written to avoid confusion; councilmembers emphasized clarity for the public and for members who may not have the paper motion in front of them. After adoption of the amendment, the council moved to place the ordinance on the Oct. 27 agenda for first reading and scheduled final reading for Nov. 3 if required by procedure.
