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Council votes to deny procedural change to petitions; debate centers on default denial via consent agenda
Summary
Council debated the city—s handling of citizen petitions — whether petitions should be placed on the next consent agenda with a default denial unless pulled — and after public comment and council discussion, voted 5-2 to retain the current consent-agenda handling (motion recorded as denial of petition B).
A citizen petition submitted by Ralph Hess was the focus of extended council discussion under Item B. The central issue: council rules place citizen petitions on the next available consent agenda with a default denial unless a council member pulls the item for discussion. Several…
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