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Council committee weighs enforcing attendance rules for boards and commissions; clerk reports outreach resolves most cases
Summary
The Government Operations Committee discussed code provisions and administrative practice for addressing chronic absences from city boards and commissions. Council staff said the clerk contacts absentees and that outreach resolves most cases; code currently authorizes removal only by council action.
The Government Operations Committee discussed options for enforcing attendance requirements for city boards and commissions and asked staff and the clerk’s office how unexcused absences are handled.
Pamela Nichols, council management analyst, said the clerk’s office regularly contacts members identified as not attending meetings and that in her experience roughly 85 percent of cases are resolved by outreach and voluntary resignation when appropriate. Nichols noted that the city…
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