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Commissioners debate procedure after budget transfers prompt proposed change to Criminal Justice Commission
Summary
Vice Mayor Woodward and other commissioners pressed administration on procedural requirements after budget transfers appeared to reclassify the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC). Board postponed CJC-related items and approved ESS-related budget transfers; attorneys clarified department deletions must come before the board.
A procedural debate over whether the board had been bypassed on organizational changes prompted a vote to postpone certain items and a clarification from county legal staff.
Vice Mayor Woodward pulled a consent item (3X7) and said she had reviewed the charter and administrative code and believed departmental deletions or creation "has to come to the board to be approved." She cautioned that the agenda included only budget transfers and not a formal board agenda item to delete a…
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