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Panel discusses schedule changes, seeks ordinance process to allow alternate members
Summary
Members agreed to try doodle polls and recurring calendar invites to improve attendance and discussed creating permanent alternate members — a change JC said would require amending the ordinance and county commission review, public hearings and two readings before taking effect.
Members of a Columbia County advisory group voted through routine business and spent much of their meeting this month discussing how to improve attendance and whether to allow designated alternate members.
The group approved the meeting agenda and January minutes, then turned to a recurring problem: low attendance from key partners. Judge Clark pressed the group to ensure law enforcement and the district attorney attend because public-safety topics depend on those partners being present.
"We all should try to…
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