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Commissioners dispute agenda-setting after resolution referral; chair defends prerogative
Summary
A procedural disagreement arose when Commissioner Hoffman said a resolution he introduced at a Board meeting was referred to the committee but not placed on the committee agenda; the committee chair reminded members that committee chairs set agendas and said incomplete items are withheld to avoid debating 'half-baked' items in public.
A dispute over agenda-setting and how resolutions are referred to committees surfaced near the end of the Legislative and County Affairs Committee meeting on Feb. 25 when Commissioner Hoffman said a resolution he introduced at the prior Board meeting had been referred to the committee but was not listed for discussion.
"We have a right as commissioners to introduce a resolution, and we have a right to have it heard,"…
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