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Homewood council to vote on ordinance repealing prior committee structure
Summary
Council members agreed to add an ordinance to repeal the city's previous committee structure to the Dec. 8 council agenda and to use unanimous consent to vote the item that night.
At the pre‑council meeting on Dec. 8 the Homewood council previewed an ordinance to repeal the city’s previous committee structure and said they would use unanimous consent to take up and vote the measure that evening.
Speaker 3 introduced the ordinance and described it as a straightforward repeal of the prior committee structure. Council members discussed reading requirements and confirmed with staff and the city attorney that items previously given a first reading and held over can proceed to a vote without a separate roll‑call second reading in some circumstances.
Speaker 4 clarified that public‑hearing items previously read in committee will return at the council meeting to be voted on, and Speaker 3 said the council would proceed via unanimous consent if members agreed. No formal vote or ordinance number is recorded in the pre‑council transcript.
The pre‑council discussion placed the repeal ordinance on the evening agenda; if passed in chambers the repeal would change how council committees are structured and how some items are assigned to committee before council action.
