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Forest Park council approves charter amendment limiting investigations by individual officials
Summary
The Forest Park Mayor and Council voted to amend Section 2.15 of the city charter to require that investigations be authorized by the full governing body, while clarifying that employees may still speak privately with elected officials.
The Forest Park Mayor and Council on Sept. 2 approved an amendment to the city charter that restricts individual elected officials from conducting independent investigations into city operations, requiring instead that such inquiries be authorized by the governing body.
City Attorney (name not specified) told the council the change would reconcile a conflict in the charter between a provision that permits individual council members to question employees and another section that prohibits council members from directing city staff. "It would be essentially investigating, probing, asking…
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