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Placerville council opts not to change planning commission’s bylaw approval authority, asks staff to monitor
Summary
After public comment and council discussion, the council directed staff to keep the planning commission’s existing authority to adopt its bylaws while alerting the council if bylaws propose items that would require additional staff time or conflict with state law.
The Placerville City Council on Sept. 23 reviewed whether the planning commission should retain authority to adopt its own bylaws or whether the council should require council approval for planning-commission bylaws.
City staff presented background and a draft update to planning commission bylaws prepared in 2023, noting required Brown Act updates for teleconferencing and public-comment protocols (AB 557 and AB 2449, 2024). The city attorney’s review noted one proposed rule in the draft — a quorum definition requiring a majority of the…
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