Chair says task force lacks quorum; proposes nonbinding straw poll and staffing protocol to avoid ex parte issues
The chair said the group lacked the four votes required for formal recommendations, proposed a nonbinding straw poll to record member positions for the council, and urged routing candidate names through staff to avoid ex parte legal problems.
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Chair (S6) notified members that the task force did not meet its quorum threshold and therefore could not conduct binding business, recommending a nonbinding straw poll so the group could document attendees' positions for the city council. "Since we don't have a quorum, that means we can't be there to business since we have to for anything in favor of a recommendation, you have to have at least 4 votes," the chair said.
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