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Council debates transparency, accountability ordinance; staff to refine definitions and enforcement options
Summary
Councilors and staff discussed a draft 'transparency and accountability' ordinance designed to set guardrails on council interactions with staff and outside parties. Members sought clearer definitions of 'direction to staff,' protections for department heads, and whether the policy should be an ordinance, resolution, or governance‑manual provision.
Councilors spent a lengthy portion of the Feb. 3 meeting reviewing a draft Transparency and Accountability Act intended to set rules around elected officials’ communications and prevent unilateral directions to staff.
Council Member Weber, an initial proponent, said the item is intended to create guardrails—not limit routine marketing or constituent outreach—and to preserve consistent processes for future councils. "This is just about accountability and transparency for, not…
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