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Third reading of ordinance repealing consent-calendar ordinance 214 stalls over mayor's tie-breaking authority; legal opinion requested
Summary
Council attempted to adopt an ordinance repealing Ordinance 214 (consent-calendar procedures) on third reading. A motion and second were recorded, and roll-call votes were taken, but a point of order about whether the mayor may break a tie on ordinance adoption led the council to delay a final determination pending a written legal opinion.
Hayden City Council took up a third and final reading to repeal Ordinance 214, which governs consent-calendar order and procedures, but deferred a conclusive vote after a legal question about the mayor's tie-breaking authority.
At the meeting the mayor read the ordinance title required for a third reading and called for a motion. A…
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