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Duluth council debates model to fold protected‑class commissions into Human Rights Commission
Summary
Councilors debated two competing ordinances to change how several protected‑class commissions are governed — one permissive model that would let commissions opt into committee status under the Human Rights Commission and another that would immediately fold a specific commission into that body.
Councilors debated competing approaches to restructuring several protected‑class commissions. Councilor Ault presented a permissive ordinance that would permit protected‑class commissions to vote to incorporate as committees under the Human Rights Commission; Ault emphasized that commissions would retain self‑determination and not be forced to change structure.
A separate ordinance from Councilor Kennedy would specifically incorporate the non‑binary/queer/trans/2‑spirit/LGBTQIA commission into the Human…
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