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Athens council adopts new committee-advancement rule after hours of debate
Summary
The Athens City Council’s Committee of the Whole adopted a new Rule 28 process (option C) to govern how items advance from committee to the full council, shifting some decision points to majority votes and creating a committee-of-the-whole safety net. The change passed by voice vote with one recorded dissent.
The Athens City Council’s Committee of the Whole voted to adopt a revised process for advancing items from committee to the full council, after roughly 90 minutes of discussion on Monday.
Member Alan Swank’s “option C” — a concise, three-step approach that asks a committee chair to seek objections after first discussion, requires majority votes to advance when objections arise, and…
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