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Council rejects proposal to allow ordinances on consent agenda and to waive second reading at five votes
Summary
After extended debate about public notice and the ability to amend ordinances on first reading, Wilmington City Council voted to deny a staff-proposed amendment that would have allowed noncontroversial ordinances on the consent agenda and permitted ordinances to pass on first reading with five votes.
City staff proposed amendments to the council’s rules of order to allow noncontroversial ordinances on the consent agenda and to permit ordinances to pass on first reading with five affirmative votes (removing the automatic second-reading requirement for those cases). Deputy City Manager Mary Vague and City Attorney Meredith Everhart presented the proposed changes and explained that many municipalities permit similar procedures for routine…
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