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Supervisors revise rules of procedure after debate over consent calendar language
Summary
Board members amended and adopted changes to the Mendocino County Board rules of procedure after a lengthy discussion about a clause allowing earlier deadline requirements and language that could push items onto the consent calendar; the board agreed to coordinate submission changes with the chair and change 'require' to 'request.'
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors spent substantial time on proposed amendments to its Rules of Procedure at the Jan. 6 organizational meeting, centering on two contested points: whether the clerk may 'require' earlier submission deadlines around holidays and whether departments should favor placing items on the consent calendar when the action-versus-consent status is unclear.
Atlas Pearson,…
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