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Legal counsel briefs Public Works Commission on appeal procedures, standards and due process ahead of anticipated December hearing
Summary
City legal counsel Mary Grant walked commissioners through appeal sources, hearing format, the likely error standard of review, and due-process safeguards (ex parte rules, facts outside the record), noting a hearing is anticipated in early December and written memos will be provided to the commission in advance.
City legal counsel Mary Grant provided a procedural training to the Public Works Commission on how appeals are handled under Boise City Code and what to expect at an upcoming appeal.
Grant said appeals to the commission can arise from multiple Public Works program areas — irrigation, sewer, solid waste, pretreatment and stormwater — and noted geothermal appeals bypass this commission and go directly to City Council. She emphasized that her role in the training was to explain procedure; staff will provide substantive code interpretations during the appeal process.
Grant described the…
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