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Board approves committee roster after debate over Law Enforcement Committee membership
Summary
After Corporation Counsel provided a legal opinion, the County Board debated whether to exclude Law Enforcement Committee assignments from approval, passed motions in sequence, and ultimately approved committee memberships with recorded votes on several motions related to the Law Enforcement Committee.
Corporation Counsel Diane Meulemans provided a legal opinion concerning approval of the Law Enforcement Committee selections during the County Board session on April 17. The legal context prompted a sequence of motions and votes over whether the Law Enforcement Committee should be approved as part of the Committee on Committees recommendations.
Supervisor Tammy Strey-Hirt moved to remove the Law Enforcement Committee from the Committee on Committees approval; Supervisor Peter Bosquez seconded, and that motion passed 17-9. The board then voted to adopt the committee membership list as recommended by the Committee on Committees; a motion to approve that list passed 24-1 with one abstention. A subsequent motion by Supervisor Tammy Strey-Hirt to remove Supervisor Tom Johnson from the Law Enforcement Committee failed 6-20. Finally, Supervisor DuWayne Federwitz moved to approve the Law Enforcement Committee as originally proposed and Supervisor Peter Bosquez seconded; that motion carried 24-2 according to the minutes.
The minutes record the votes and reflect a brief recess at 9:50 a.m. to allow the Land Information Council to meet and select a chair and vice chair. Supervisor Tom Johnson excused himself at 9:50 a.m.; the minutes show he later returned before the meeting adjourned. The record does not include extended floor debate in the written minutes; results appear as recorded tallies.
