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Finance Committee opens weeklong review and postpones vote on planning director nominee Elijah Romulus
Summary
After an extended nomination hearing that covered grants, permitting, major development sites and concerns about experience and continuity, the Finance Committee voted to postpone a recommendation on Elijah Romulus's appointment as director of planning and economic development for two weeks to allow further review and consultation.
The Finance Committee on Feb. 2 held an extended confirmation hearing for Mayor Rodriguez's nominee for director of planning and economic development, Elijah Romulus, and postponed a final recommendation to the full council.
Romulus opened with a prepared statement outlining municipal, regional and grant experience, including work on infrastructure, clean-energy projects and housing-related grants he said totaled nearly $2 million. He described experience leading projects from permitting to construction, grant-writing successes (housing- and complete-streets-related grants), and previous roles at Old…
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