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Cape Coral council rejects rule change to send seconded items to Committee of the Whole
Summary
A council proposal to require any agenda item that received a second to go first to the Committee of the Whole failed on a 2-6 roll call after more than an hour of debate about process and efficiency.
A proposal to change Cape Coral City Council procedure so that any item receiving a second would be routed first to the Committee of the Whole failed after a roll-call vote on Tuesday.
Councilmember John Kilraig moved to require that agenda items receiving a second be taken to the Committee of the Whole for discussion before a council hearing; Councilmember Lehman seconded the motion. After more than an hour of debate about efficiency, precedent and trust among councilmembers, the motion failed, 2-6.
The dispute opened as Councilmember Donnell asked that two ordinances (26-25 and 27-25) be pulled from the evening’s agenda…
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