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Council forms comprehensive plan steering commission to guide draft plan review
Summary
Council established an advisory comprehensive plan steering commission to review the drafted comprehensive plan, solicit public feedback and provide recommendations; the commission is advisory, not a public office, and was structured as five primary members with two alternates.
Council approved an ordinance to create a comprehensive plan steering commission that will review a drafted comprehensive plan and provide feedback to council and administration. City Manager Mr. Hall said the city has compiled a draft and received a community survey with several hundred responses; the proposed commission would operate as a short-term advisory team, meet regularly and hold town-hall style sessions to gather public input.
The law director (unnamed in the transcript) advised that long‑standing Ohio case law treats short‑term advisory boards as nonpublic offices, meaning planning board or BZA members may serve without creating a conflict, and municipalities commonly structure membership to include representatives from other boards. Council debated the size (a council member suggested seven rather than five) but ultimately advanced the ordinance and recorded votes.
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