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Porterville council orders review of procedural handbook after dispute over city seal and use of resources
Summary
Council directed staff and the city attorney to clarify procedural handbook language on the use of city funds, facilities and the city seal after debate over whether councilmember events and signage improperly used city resources; council also approved changes to meeting order by 4-1.
A contentious debate over when council members may use city resources and the city seal ended with the Porterville City Council asking staff and the city attorney to return with clarified policy language and options for restricting political or personal use of the city seal.
Vice Mayor McCurvey said staff should "follow the rules" and called use of the seal for personal or campaign-like events inappropriate. “I think it’s an abuse of the city seal,” he said during discussion of proposed procedural handbook amendments.…
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