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Committee defers grant recommendations to COW after multiple recusals create quorum problem
Summary
Officials moved grant-related items to committee-of-the-whole new business and did not act after legal counsel said three alderpersons would need to recuse, leaving no quorum; staff and council members discussed separating future application cycles and reviewing recusal rules.
The Public Health, Safety and Transportation Committee on Feb. 10 declined to consider several grant-related agenda items after staff and legal counsel said multiple alderpersons would need to recuse themselves, leaving the committee without quorum.
An unidentified committee member announced a recusal tied to a personal conflict involving Marie Wilkes of a food pantry and asked whether all four related items needed the same treatment. Alderman Bugg and others noted that quality-of-life grants…
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