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Rules committee backs rewriting complaint process for council member allegations
Summary
The Rules Committee voted to send an ordinance to the Committee of the Whole to repeal and replace the city code provision that required public consideration of written complaints against council members, proposing instead to route serious allegations to law enforcement or other statutory remedies and align the city with other Indiana municipalities.
Hannibal Lee presented a proposal on Feb. 9 to repeal and replace Chapter 2, Article 1, Section 2-10 of the South Bend Municipal Code, which currently requires the rules committee to publicly consider written complaints filed against council members. Lee said the existing ordinance — enacted before email and social media — created a system that compelled public hearings on any…
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