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Board approves first reading to broaden meeting-location rules after heated public hearing
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The Josephine County Board of Commissioners on Friday approved the first reading of an ordinance to remove fixed meeting-location language from county code after a public hearing in which residents urged preserving a consistent in-person location and statutory notice.
The Josephine County Board of Commissioners on Friday approved the first reading of an ordinance that would remove language specifying when and where weekly business sessions must be held, a change legal counsel said would broaden the board’s discretion over time and location of meetings.
Wally Hicks, legal counsel to the board, told commissioners the change would strike language in Chapter 2.05 of the Josephine County Code that currently specifies meeting times and places and would retain language that a regular meeting “shall be held weekly at a real or online location that has been approved by the Board.” He said the ordinance requires two readings spaced at least 13 days…
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