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Council declines to advance EDA bylaw change that would let chair excuse absences
Summary
The Economic Development Authority requested a change to make removal for absences discretionary; council members expressed concerns about removing objective standards and voted not to advance the amendment, leaving the city code standard intact.
An EDA representative and staff briefed the council on a requested bylaw amendment that would allow the EDA chair to determine whether member absences are excused rather than applying the city code’s automatic-removal rule for members who miss more than three meetings in a year.
Staff said the EDA’s proposed change would create discretion at the commission level; several council members opposed that approach, arguing the rule should be objective and uniformly applied across boards and commissions. One council member said members who cannot attend 75% of meetings probably should not serve; another said automatic removal had been the intent of a prior ordinance change.
A motion to deny the amendment language was made and seconded; discussion followed and the item was withdrawn from consideration with no action to change the city code. Staff noted that moved or canceled meetings would not count against members; council asked for a fuller discussion of excused vs. unexcused absences and leave-of-absence provisions if the item returns.
No ordinance or code change was adopted at this meeting.
