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Appointment debate centers on whether councilmembers should serve on multiple city boards; council retains Planning Commission seat for Council Member Witt
Summary
A contentious Jan. 9 discussion focused on ordinance 1132 and the practice of councilmembers serving on boards. After a failed motion to appoint Council Member Ezell to the Planning Commission, the council voted 3–2 to retain Council Member Witt on the commission.
Council debate on Jan. 9 over Resolution 3640 centered on whether an active councilmember should hold multiple appointed seats and on the statutory requirement that the council provide a representative to the Planning Commission.
Council Member Cagle led objections about consolidating administrative roles, saying he preferred that no councilmember serve on more than one board and asked whether Ezell would uphold the spirit of Resolution 3517 (which the council identified as protecting R-1 residential districts). Ezell replied that his oath obliges him to "make the best possible decisions for East Ridge. So it wouldn't change now." Several council members, including Council Member Witt and others, defended the existing practice that allows a council…
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