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Residents urge Effingham council to clarify whether mayor controls meeting agenda
Summary
Residents, a community volunteer and a developer urged the Effingham City Council to clarify whether a 2013 ordinance gives the mayor exclusive control over the meeting agenda; the city attorney said the language is ambiguous and recommended the council amend its rules if it wants clarity.
A wave of public comment at an Effingham City Council meeting centered on whether the mayor may unilaterally decide what appears on the council agenda.
“My name is Kelly Repke, and I was here this evening to discuss the topic of the, how our current city council is operating,” Kelly Repke told the council, raising the question of who may add items to the agenda.
The matter was taken up more fully by Jean Ann Hyland, a longtime volunteer with community-development experience, who cited a legal opinion shared with some commissioners and told the council: “Number 1, this interpretation violates the city's code of ordinances. Number 2, this interpretation violates state law. And number 3,…
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