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Economic Development and Public Safety committees vote to merge; full board to review
Summary
Members reported that the Economic Development and Public Safety subcommittees voted unanimously to combine into a single committee. The executive committee said the change will be presented to the full board for approval and will take effect if the full board agrees.
Members of Community Board 11 said their Economic Development and Public Safety subcommittees voted unanimously to merge into a single committee, a change proponents said would reduce duplicative discussion and better align overlapping responsibilities.
A member reported that the two subcommittees voted unanimously to combine; the executive committee noted that the full board must agree before the change becomes official. Supporters said the combined committee would allow the board to address community health and safety together with economic development and that police and transportation topics intersect with the proposed committee's scope.
The transcript records that the vote in the subcommittees was unanimous but does not supply a numeric roll call. The executive committee discussed next steps: presenting the consolidation to the full board and, if approved, implementing the new committee structure for future agendas. A board member also raised the separate idea of combining the executive meeting with the leadership meeting in some cases, but no decision was made on that proposal.
No formal motion to change bylaws or committee sizes was made during the executive committee meeting; members said they will ask the full board to ratify the subcommittees' decision.
