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Committee tables proposal to require Council approval for mayoral contract renewals pending written legal opinion
Summary
The Ordinances Committee debated whether City Council must approve mayoral contract renewals. Corporation Counsel said the charter reserves renewals to the executive branch; councilors were divided and the committee tabled the proposal pending a written opinion from counsel.
The City Council Committee on Ordinances and Legislation reopened a resolution on March 24 asking the committee to draft an ordinance requiring City Council approval before the mayor renews or extends certain employment contracts.
Alan Rumsey, Corporation Counsel, advised the committee that the city charter separates legislative and executive functions and that renewal of employee contracts is typically an executive function. "Contracts, contract renewals are clearly an…
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