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Havre de Grace council removes council voting seat on Planning Commission and approves two other commission ordinances

2479688 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

On March 3 the Havre de Grace Mayor and City Council adopted ordinance 11-73 to remove the city council member as an ex officio voting member of the Planning Commission after a drafting amendment; the council also adopted ordinances 11-74 (Youth Commission) and 11-75 (Independent State Commission) on second reading, both by unanimous votes.

The Havre de Grace Mayor and City Council on March 3 adopted ordinance 11-73 on second reading to remove the city council member as an ex officio member of the Planning Commission, after accepting a staff-drafted amendment that clarified residual references to the ex officio position.

City Attorney Paul Rychinsky told the council the ordinance "is to remove the city council member as a member of the planning commission" and that the amendment before the body captured one remaining reference to the ex officio member. Council members described the change as converting the council member role from an ex officio voting…

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