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Multnomah County commission begins updating board rules; work session highlights agenda, conduct and time-management proposals
Summary
A work session on board rules introduced a consultant's draft and a staff-drafted alternative that would clarify agenda control, meeting order, time-certain slots, presiding-officer powers and a code of conduct; commissioners asked for more time to review and slated a follow-up session before budget season.
The Multnomah County Commission held a work session to begin revising its board rules, hearing an initial draft from consultant Mary Hall Caballero and a supplemental proposal from commissioners' staff that aim to clarify agenda-setting, order of business, time-certain items, motions and expectations for member conduct.
"The board's ability to work together and communicate effectively and transparently will be improved with updated board rules and practices," Caballero told the commission as she introduced a set of recommended changes drawn from interviews with current and former commissioners, model rules and practices used by other jurisdictions.
Caballero said the Phase 1 findings, developed from interviews, centered on four areas: setting a tone at the top for policy achievement, managing time for deliberation, taking ownership of meeting conduct, and making room for meaningful…
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