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Cheektowaga board tightens rules for late‑filed resolutions, adopts 24‑hour hard deadline (with emergency exception)
Summary
The board amended and passed a resolution changing rules of procedure: resolution filing moves earlier, waiver (suspension) items must be submitted to clerk/attorney/supervisor, and a 24‑hour hard deadline for late filings was added with an emergency carve‑out; an override process for the supervisor remains.
The Town of Cheektowaga board adopted an update to its rules of procedure to increase transparency around late‑filed resolutions and to set a clearer process for adding waiver (suspension‑of‑rules) items to meeting agendas.
Supervisor Nowak described the package (Resolution 20 26-9) as two main changes: moving a resolution‑filing deadline to noon the Wednesday before a meeting, and creating a written waiver process for late filings…
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