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Payson council directs staff to draft resolution for citizen committee to review permitting, contracts
Summary
Council members agreed on direction for staff to return a resolution creating a five-member citizen committee to review permitting processes (with emphasis on the building department) and select contracts; no formal vote was taken — staff will solicit applications and return options to council.
The Payson Town Council on Jan. 15 directed staff to draft a resolution to form a special citizen committee to review internal processes, with an initial focus on the building/permitting process and certain town contracts, and to return appointment options to the council.
Council members said they want the committee to identify strengths, needs and opportunities for process improvements and report back to the council regularly. Staff said it would bring a proposed resolution and application process for council action; the council did not take a formal vote during the work session.
Town staff summarized statutory and local-code constraints for any council-created committee, noting that Town Code…
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