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Highland Park council declines immediate action on resolution to publish full ordinances online
Summary
Council members and residents pressed for clearer online access to Highland Park’s municipal code and questioned enforcement of tickets tied to ordinances still being updated online. A motion to approve a veto resolution requesting online publication (item 5) was declared "dead on arrival."
Council members and residents on Tuesday confronted gaps in public access to Highland Park’s ordinances but took no formal action on a resolution aimed at publishing full ordinances online. Residents and council members during public comment said the city’s muni code is difficult to navigate and that tickets have been issued when the supporting ordinance text could not be found.
Robert Douglas Lodge Jr., a Highland Park resident, told the council he was "thankful for the mayor's words of knowledge and…
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