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Council splits over mid‑biennial amendment that would restructure council staffing and create an outside study
Summary
A late amendment to the mid‑biennial budget (C36894) proposing council office staffing changes and an outside study drew both support as a negotiated compromise and criticism as poorly timed and insufficiently detailed; council adopted the amendment after debate.
Council members extensively debated a 03:30 amendment to the mid‑biennial budget modification (C36894) on Nov. 24 that would change council office staffing and fund an outside study of council organization.
Council member Zippone and sponsors described the amendment as a compromise among Wilkerson, Dillon and Klitzke to rethink council operations and add accountability. Zippone said the change “strikes the goal of trying to rethink our operations” while Council member Dylan said the amendment provides an off‑ramp ahead of issuing an…
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