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San Juan County commissioners debate agenda deadlines, legal review and consent-agenda rules
Summary
County commissioners reviewed the proposed final draft of commission policies and procedures, debating a Thursday 5 p.m. agenda-deadline, an emergency-item exception, which items require county attorney review and consent-agenda pull procedures; they agreed to add an emergency clause and to move the document forward for redlines and continued review.
San Juan County commissioners spent the bulk of a work-session meeting reviewing a proposed final draft of the commission's policies and procedures, focusing on agenda-submission deadlines, emergency-item exceptions and the scope of county attorney review.
The presiding officer led discussion on whether items must be submitted by 5 p.m. on the Thursday before a meeting and whether exceptions should be permitted. Commissioners raising concerns said strict deadlines can create problems when time-sensitive contracts…
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