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Committee asks chair, counsel to craft language on council approval for leases after EMS building dispute
Summary
Citing a recent EMS building license-versus-lease dispute, the committee directed the chair to work with corporation counsel to draft an ordinance clarifying when real estate leases must receive City Council approval and how to prevent executive-side circumvention via licenses.
Committee members raised concerns that the administration used a license for the EMS building rather than a lease, which some councilors viewed as circumventing the council’s role. Special counsel Matt Thomas and Corporation Counsel Alan Rumsey advised the committee that under Chapter 40 §3 leases creating an interest in real property typically require council approval, while licenses and uses of occupancy (revocable, personal permissions) are generally executive actions and may not be subject to the same…
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