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Commission reviews DEIB ordinance draft covering membership, attendance and organization
Summary
The commission read and discussed a draft DEIB ordinance (020001) that outlines purpose, definitions, membership qualifications, attendance/dismissal rules and meeting procedures; questions focused on the three‑absence dismissal language and whether a recent name change needs to be folded into the formal ordinance text.
Commissioners spent time on agenda item 7.3 reviewing the DEIB ordinance draft (cited in the meeting as Ordinance 020001). The draft covers the commission's purpose, membership creation and qualifications, attendance requirements, officers and basic meeting rules. Staff emphasized that the attendance provision stipulating dismissal after three consecutive unexcused absences is flexible and that the chair may interpret "valid excuse" in practice.
One commissioner asked whether the commission should pursue a formal ordinance amendment to reflect a recently approved name change; staff said they would check with legal and public information to fold any approved council action into the ordinance language. Commissioners also recommended making the commission's duty to provide an annual report to city council a standing calendar item so the January 31 deadline is reliably met.
No formal ordinance vote was taken at the Dec. 16 meeting; staff committed to confirm next steps for any required legal process to update official language and to present a clean version at the next meeting.
