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Council schedules hearing after controversy over planning commission appointments and swearing-in
Summary
Following concerns about unsworn commissioners participating in a Jan. 9 planning commission meeting and complaints about a commissioner's conduct, Hooper City Council scheduled a public hearing and ordinance vote to resolve planning-commission appointments and the commission's size.
Hooper City Council debated how to resolve procedural and conduct issues after recent planning commission changes and a January 9 meeting that residents later criticized.
Background: Council action at a prior work meeting approved adding planning commission members and sought to expand the commission from five to seven members. City legal staff advised that the change should be done by ordinance (not a resolution) and that public notice and a public hearing are appropriate. The council agreed to schedule a public hearing and ordinance vote for Feb. 6.
Swearing-in and procedural concerns: Several speakers at the council meeting said that three recently appointed planning-commission…
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