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Commission sets ground rules for ordinance workshops: no votes, limits on attendance
Summary
Chair clarified the ordinance-development workshops will not be open to the public for decision-making and will not host final votes; workshops should include at least two but no more than three commissioners to avoid quorums and to allow frank drafting discussion.
The planning commission established participating rules for the ordinance-development workshops, emphasizing they are intended as frank drafting sessions rather than public hearings or voting forums. Chair (S1) told commissioners, "These are for us to get work establish working direction. There's gonna be no final legislative approvals, no votes held," and that the goal is to have at least two but not more than three commissioners present so as to avoid a quorum.
Staff (Hester, S4) confirmed agendas were posted as background material and explained the workshops were structured so commissioners could attend one of two sessions on the same topic to help accommodate members with outside jobs. Commissioners agreed the workshop output would be drafting guidance for staff to convert into ordinance language for later public and formal commission review.
