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Council declines to form outside process‑improvement committee; asks for policy clarification on council-staff contact
Summary
After debate, council took no action on a proposed resolution to establish a process-improvement and procurement-review committee. Members argued the council itself should serve as the "complaint department" and asked staff to return with clarifying policy language and training on permitted council contacts with department heads.
The council considered a staff proposal (resolution 3430) to form a citizen process‑improvement and procurement-review committee. Several council members said forming another committee risked delay and pigeonholing issues; others said councilmembers themselves should play the oversight role. Concerns included potential for confusion if councilmembers gave…
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