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Charter & Rules committee recommends overhaul of Rule 9 on subcommittees to full council
Summary
The Holyoke Charter & Rules committee voted Dec. 9 to recommend a reorganization of Council Rule 9 that consolidates subcommittee duties, clarifies reporting and meeting rules, and removes obsolete references to a separate 'office of industrial affairs.' The committee approved sending the revised rule to the full City Council.
Chair Meg McGrath Smith opened the Dec. 9 Charter & Rules meeting and outlined a proposed rewrite of City Council Rule 9 to consolidate scattered references about subcommittees into a single, clearer section. "The current section 9 is on the left, and the proposed draft of the revised section is on the right," she said, describing a draft that groups committee descriptions, voting/meeting/reporting rules and a standing-committees list.
The committee discussed concrete edits intended to improve navigation and remove outdated language. Councilor Bacon said he reviewed the draft and "the content was all there…
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