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Committee weighs rule changes: amendment to Rule 12 defeated; Rule 12 change advanced and Rule 29 deferred for community notice
Summary
Committee debated changes to Rule 12 (removing honorary resolutions) and Rule 29 (automatic deferral for large-scale rezones). An amendment to restore Rule 12.3 (the 'Murphy rule') was defeated; the committee advanced the Rule 12 change to full council and deferred Rule 29 by one meeting to allow a sponsor-led process and planning input.
The committee debated two proposed amendments to the rules of procedure on Nov. 18.
Rule 12: The proposed change to Rule 12 would remove honorary and congratulatory resolutions from filing with the council and relegate those items to proclamations. An amendment to the change—centering on Section 12.3, sometimes referred to in discussion as the “Murphy rule,” which allows adding “all members present and voting” as sponsors to certain resolutions—was put forward. One…
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