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Syracuse City councilor outlines plan to keep 10 committees, adds community advancement and technology panels
Summary
A council member proposed consolidating overlapping panels so the council can retain 10 committees, create a community advancement committee to track nonprofit allocations and launch a technology and operational efficiency committee; legal counsel said committee structure is the council's decision and descriptions will be drafted for review in January.
A council member proposed reorganizing Syracuse City Council committees to keep the council at 10 panels while consolidating overlapping functions and creating new committees to address nonprofit oversight, housing and technology.
The councilor said the plan would merge charter rules and procedures with intergovernmental services so the overall committee count remains at 10. “So what we're doing at this point, we are continuing to have 10 committee meetings, or 10 committees at council, which to be able to do that, what we did was consolidate charter rules, procedures RFP with intergovernmental services consolidation,” the councilor said.
The proposal adds a community advancement committee intended to track allocations the council makes to local nonprofits and request follow-up reports on…
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