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Cerritos council approves BCC handbook edits, rejects one‑time memorial bench exception
Summary
Council approved final edits to the Boards, Commissions & Committees handbook and ordinance language on term dates (both 3–2 votes where recorded); a motion to grant a one‑time exception to the naming policy for a memorial bench was defeated 2–3 after extensive public testimony.
The Cerritos City Council on Feb. 13 approved several governance changes to advisory bodies while declining a request to make a one‑time exception to the city’s naming policy for a memorial bench.
After detailed public testimony and edits suggested by residents and volunteers, councilmembers voted 3–2 to adopt final revisions to the Boards, Commissions & Committees handbook (item 7f). The approved changes standardized gendered pronouns and kept term‑end language consistent with municipal code, including up to a 90‑day extension for incumbents pending successor…
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