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Consolidation committee struggles with quorum, city participation; joint meeting set for Jan. 5
Summary
The borough's consolidation committee reported limited city participation, vacancies and COVID-related interruptions after three years of work; the assembly will discuss the committee's makeup and next steps in a Jan. 5 joint meeting with the city.
Assembly and consolidation-committee members described progress slowed by vacancies, uneven city participation and pandemic interruptions and said a joint meeting with the city is scheduled for Jan. 5 to clarify the committee's charter and next steps.
Jared Griffin, consolidation committee chair, summarized the committee's work plan and said COVID-related pauses, member absences and shrinking membership have impeded progress. He said committee members plan to start filling the draft petition with the material already developed to identify gaps and resource needs and hoped to report back in February. "We're just going…
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