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Highland Park council approves amended agenda, moves ethics-board appointments to workshop after heated debate
Summary
Council approved an amended agenda adding recurring workshops and tabling two rezoning items; a separate proposed appointment of ethics-board candidates was moved to a workshop after members and residents questioned the vetting process. A later motion to suspend rules and add the appointments failed.
The Highland Park City Council voted on Dec. 1 to approve an amended meeting agenda that added a council workshop and moved two Community Development rezoning items to a future workshop. The amendment also removed administration item 5c — a set of proposed ethics-board appointments — from tonight’s agenda and moved it to a workshop. The vote carried by a 3–2 margin.
Council President Thomas framed the decision in procedural terms and warned that repeated workshops had at times 'descended into a spectacle.' Councilman O'Shaughnessy and Councilwoman Martin voted in favor of…
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