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Commissioners and a city council member press for transparency after proposal to shrink APC from 13 to 9 members

Area Plan Commission of Evansville and Vanderburgh County · December 5, 2024
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Summary

Commissioners and an attending city council member said a recent proposal to reduce the Area Plan Commission’s membership and change appointments was filed with little notice and insufficient justification; discussion focused on representation, term limits, staffing and legal differences between area and advisory plan commissions, with no formal vote taken.

After routine business on Dec. 5, members of the Area Plan Commission spent a substantial portion of the meeting debating a proposed restructuring of the commission that would reduce membership and alter appointment sources.

A city council member in attendance said the filing had "come out of nowhere" and that councilors had not been consulted; multiple commissioners said they had…

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