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Council delays personnel vote after dispute over neighborhood council advisory organizers
Summary
A personnel matter to finalize key Department of Neighborhood Empowerment hires and an advisory group stalled after councilmembers and commissioners disputed whether the department should be required to appoint a small advisory panel of community organizers; the vote fell short of the 10-vote threshold for a personnel action and was trailed.
The City Council deferred a personnel vote on appointments to the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment after a contentious debate over whether the department should be required to create an advisory group of professional community organizers.
Lee Alpert, president of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, told council members the commission and newly hired staff are already engaged in broad outreach and multiple…
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