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Council debate over advisory boards ends with failed motion to dissolve sustainability panel

5511306 · July 17, 2025
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Deputy Mayor Jaffe proposed dissolving the Sustainability Advisory Board and tabling the Infrastructure Advisory & Oversight Board for redesign; the motion failed on a 3‑2 roll call after council members and public speakers urged accountability, better appointment processes and better notice of meetings.

A motion by Deputy Mayor Jaffe to dissolve the Sustainability Advisory Board and to table the Infrastructure Advisory & Oversight Board for redesign failed after a 3‑2 roll call.

Jaffe said attendance and quorum problems, empty agendas and staff preparation for meetings that did not occur were reasons to reconsider board structures. He proposed…

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