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Council discusses reinstating committees and ongoing blight/demolition challenges
Summary
Councilmember Lorraine proposed reinstating council committees to allow more detailed review of complex issues such as the sludge pipeline and demolitions; members also raised concerns about repeated demolition without post-demo maintenance and legal limitations from recent state law changes.
Councilmember Lorraine urged the reinstatement of council committees, saying committees would let members discuss contentious or complex items (he cited the sludge pipeline as an example) and allow department secretaries to support focused sessions prior to full council consideration. He said…
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