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Ross council ratifies liaison assignments after heated debate over mayor’s unilateral changes
Summary
The council voted 3–2 to ratify new committee and liaison assignments after objections from two council members who said the mayor had unilaterally reassigned them without following the procedures manual.
A majority of the Ross Town Council voted 3–2 on May 8 to ratify committee, subcommittee and liaison appointments the mayor made for the coming year after a protracted and at times rancorous debate over process and precedent.
Council Member Matt Salter and Council Member Elizabeth Dowling objected publicly to the way Mayor McMillan assigned representatives to joint powers authorities and regional boards, saying the mayor did not seek council members’ preferences before changing longstanding assignments. Salter said he was removed from the MCE (Marin Clean Energy) board without prior…
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