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Sunnyvale council consolidates council policy manual and narrows rules about using slides during advocacy
Summary
Council approved consolidation of multiple council support policies and several substantive updates — including raising city manager grant authority to $250,000 and a new restriction that council members not use presentations when advocating a motion — after staff and council clarified the rule’s intent; motion carried unanimously.
The Sunnyvale City Council on Dec. 9 approved a package of updates to chapter 7 of the Council Policy Manual that consolidates many support policies, raises the city manager’s grant acceptance authority, and tightens rules for dais presentations.
Assistant City Manager Sarah Johnson Rios told council staff reviewed 123 policies and proposed consolidating 16 into 6 to reduce duplication. Staff also recommended three substantive changes: increase the city manager’s authority to accept grants to $250,000 (from $100,000), change the boards & commissions council subcommittee from a…
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