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East Ridge council passes first reading to limit service on advisory boards, narrows exception to planning commission
Summary
At its Jan. 23 meeting the East Ridge City Council passed first reading of Ordinance 1214, amending prior rules to bar council members from serving on most appointed boards and to limit any individual to serving on a single board (Planning Commission excepted). The ordinance will return for a required second reading.
East Ridge City Council on Jan. 23 approved first reading of Ordinance 1214, an amendment to Ordinance 1132 intended to restrict how many appointed boards a single person may serve on and to remove council members from serving on most city boards, with the Planning Commission carved out as a state-mandated exception.
The measure, introduced during the council’s regular meeting, was amended on a motion to limit all individuals to serving on one appointed board. Council member Ezell framed the change as a move to broaden citizen representation: “concentrating the power into the hands of a few city council members is kind of the wrong idea and count antithetical to the intent of 1132,” he said.
Supporters of the amendment argued that…
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