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Council declines proposed rule changes after debate over special committee meetings
Summary
Council member Mr. Schilling proposed three changes to committee rules — about agenda scope, who may call restricted special meetings, and how a committee meeting may be adjourned — but the council voted to keep current procedures after debate and a roll-call vote.
Council member Mr. Schilling proposed three changes to the council’s rules of procedure at a March 9 committee meeting, saying the amendments would formalize how committee meetings handle off-agenda questions, who may call a restricted special committee meeting and how a committee meeting is adjourned. After extended debate, the council voted to continue with its current procedures.
Schilling told colleagues he was prompted by a July meeting about streetscape work in which, he said, committee members were not permitted “to make any recommendations” and that the council should allow members to “raise questions [and] offer amendments” during committee sessions so long as they relate to the committee’s subject. “Committee meetings is as many times is where the sausage…
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