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Solicitor says consolidated Board of Appeals will standardize procedures; council moves bill to Dec. 9 first reading
Summary
Solicitor Barry Handwerger presented Bill 16-20-25 to combine nine appeals boards into a single Board of Appeals (minimum eight members, panels of three) to standardize appeals procedures and reduce staff workload; councilors asked about subject-matter expertise on panels and meeting frequency, and the committee forwarded the bill to full council for first reading.
Solicitor Barry Handwerger told the Committee of the Whole that Administration Bill 16-20-25 would consolidate nine separate appeals boards into one Board of Appeals with a minimum of eight members and the ability to form three‑member panels to hear appeals. Handwerger said the consolidation…
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