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Board debates formalizing chair and vice chair elections; staff recommends bylaws
Summary
The deputy city attorney presented three options on board leadership elections and asked the Water & Sewer Board for direction: continue informal practice, adopt bylaws to set election timing and term limits, or ask City Council to set rules by ordinance or resolution. Staff recommended adopting bylaws; board asked to revisit at next meeting.
Victoria McDermott, the city's Deputy City Attorney, asked the board to provide direction on whether to formalize the process for electing the board's chair and vice chair.
McDermott said the city charter gives the board authority to elect its own officers but does not specify timing or term length. The City's Board and Commission Handbook includes guidance on electing…
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