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Councilors discuss process, legal steps and next meeting after seal recommendation
Summary
Councilors debated whether to amend versus replace the seal, discussed an ad hoc committee to address legal and implementation questions, and noted that any change would require an ordinance; councilors asked staff to quantify redesign costs and planned further council review.
Councilors used the Aug. 4 meeting to identify the procedural choices ahead if the council adopts the task force's recommendation. Multiple members said the committee's next step is to create an order for the full council to form an ad hoc implementation committee involving the city solicitor and city clerk to draft ordinance language and plan a rollout.
"The seal is an ordinance change," one councilor said during debate, and members asked staff to quantify redesign costs and potential budget impacts. The committee agreed the recommendation would be forwarded to the full council and discussed scheduling and public-comment logistics for subsequent hearings.
