Community Board 11 bylaws committee approves package of amendments, moves written district manager report to full board for separate vote

The Community Board 11 Bylaws Committee voted to forward a package of proposed changes to the full board on multiple procedural items and separately approved removing a requirement for a monthly written district manager report from the bylaws.

Sandra Unger, chair of the Bylaws Committee, led discussion of the package and described the “first substantial change” as revisions to the removal process. The committee approved sending the edited bylaws language to the full board for final action; committee members then voted separately to remove the requirement that the district manager provide a comprehensive monthly written report.

The package of edits groups several categories of change. The most substantial are a rewritten investigative-and-removal process, new limits and clarifications for committee leadership and vacancies, narrower language on the sergeant-at-arms role, and updated rules about public hearings and notice placement.

On the removal process, the committee adopted language that would require the highest-ranking officer not subject to the proceeding to appoint an "investigative committee" of three to five members within 15 days after a motion is adopted. That investigative committee must hold an initial meeting within 30 days of formation, elect a chair, clarify charges, and schedule a second meeting; the text discussed at the meeting directed the committee to schedule a second meeting and "if needed" a third meeting to occur within 45 days following the first meeting. The chair of the investigative committee must ensure the subject of proceedings receives…