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Councilors seek clearer sponsorship fields in eCouncil; city attorney flags public‑meetings risks
Summary
The governance committee discussed adding a separate sponsor/cosponsor field in the council's eCouncil system so the public can more clearly see who led or supported measures. City Attorney Robert Taylor warned that mass cosponsorship before public consideration can raise complaints under the public meetings law.
Councilors on the Governance Committee debated June 9 whether to add distinct sponsor and cosponsor fields in the city’s eCouncil system so that the public — and reporters — could more easily identify who led a bill and who lent support.
Keelan, from the council clerk’s office, said the current eCouncil “introduced by” field has been used to represent both the introducer and sponsors and that the web team can add fields but must schedule the work into regular development sprints.…
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