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Hooper council debates point-based selection for planning commission, tasks attorney to draft committee approach
Summary
Council members and residents criticized a proposed weighted scoring and multi-interview selection system for planning commission appointments as overly complex and subjective. The council asked legal counsel to draft ordinance language to establish a smaller interview committee and clarify the collective-appointment process.
Residents and multiple council members told Hooper City Council on Dec. 4 they oppose a proposed ordinance that would change how planning commissioners are selected, calling the draft process overly complicated and subjective.
Public commenter David Craig urged the council to reconsider an ordinance that, he said, would replace a simple appointment process with questionnaires, weighted scores and multiple interviews that could require applicants to attend several separate…
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