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Alders push changes to deputy city administrator ordinance over term and reporting language
Summary
Council debated an ordinance to create a deputy city administrator, with alderpersons raising concerns about tying the deputy''s appointment to the mayor''s term and language presuming the deputy will fill a future vacancy; a motion to amend the first-reading draft carried unanimously.
Council members sharply discussed a proposed ordinance to create the office of deputy city administrator during the Oct. 6 Washington City Council meeting, focusing on how the role would be appointed, whom it would report to and whether the ordinance should presume the deputy would succeed a departing city administrator.
Alderson Martin moved a package of amendments to the first-reading draft, seeking to (1) change the appointment language so the deputy would serve "until a new mayor can appoint another deputy and council approve," (2) remove language saying the deputy would report to the mayor (so the deputy would report to the city…
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