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Oxnard assistant city manager proposes changes to council committee bylaws
Summary
Assistant City Manager Eric Sonstegard recommended the Oxnard City Council adopt a resolution to amend committee bylaws, consolidating five committees into three, changing committee meeting times, and replacing Rosenberg's Rules with Robert's Rules of Order; no vote was recorded in the provided transcript.
Eric Sonstegard, assistant city manager for Oxnard, presented a recommendation that the Oxnard City Council adopt a resolution amending the bylaws for the council’s committees at a Measure M video briefing ahead of the April 1, 2025 council meeting.
Sonstegard said the proposal would reorganize the council’s committee structure, reduce the number of committees from five to three, set new committee meeting times, add limited exceptions for items the council may consider without committee review, allow a committee member to be reappointed once a term ends, and switch the city’s rules of order from Rosenberg’s to Robert’s Rules of Order. "This change made it very difficult for us to hold 5…
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