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Summerville council drops amendment after counsel warns of "volume violation"; keeps committee practices unchanged
Summary
A proposed change to make standing committees include the mayor and all council members was withdrawn after legal counsel warned it could create a procedural "volume violation." Council voted to retain the existing committee structure.
A proposed ordinance change that would have made several standing committees include the mayor and all council members was withdrawn after the town's corporation counsel warned it could create a "volume violation," and the council voted to keep committee procedures as they are.
The change under consideration would have amended the Town of Summerville Code of Ordinances to alter the composition and speaking rules for the Planning and Development Committee, Public Works and Commission on Water Supply, Public Safety Committee and…
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