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County staff previews ordinance to consolidate planning commissions; commissioners discuss Dec. 1 effective date
Summary
Staff presented a drafted ordinance that would replace multiple advisory-area planning commissions with a single countywide planning commission under a statute that allows counties of the second class to do so. Commissioners discussed timing and appointments; staff proposed a Dec. 1 effective date and reappointment process.
County legal and planning staff presented a draft ordinance at the Nov. 3 work session to consolidate the county’s planning advisory commissions into a single countywide planning commission, using a state statute that permits such consolidation without dissolving advisory-area boundaries.
The draft ordinance would dissolve the existing advisory-area planning commissions and create a single commission with staggered…
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