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Council approves Data Center Advisory Committee after brief conflict-of-interest questions
Summary
The council approved appointments to a Data Center Advisory Committee. A councilmember raised concerns about potential conflicts where spouses serve together; staff noted committee openness and required public posting and minutes under state rules.
The Cascade City Council voted to approve members of a new Data Center Advisory Committee. During discussion, a councilmember asked whether spouses or cohabitating individuals on the same advisory board could create a conflict of interest; council members and staff responded that advisory committees are subject to open-meetings requirements and must post minutes for the council.
A councilmember asked for the committee to be flexible and noted the need to include representatives such as Cascade Communications; the chair said revisions to the member list could be made later. No formal challenge to the appointments was sustained and the council approved the resolution by roll call. The council also discussed that advisory committee minutes will be presented to council consistent with state open-meetings provisions.
