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Chairpersons authority regarding referring items to Council Committees
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Attached is an ordinance in draft form clarifying that the procedure previously authorized by the City Council to require an item or issue be considered in Committee, is not the only method.
This ordinance provides that the Council, the Mayor Pro Tempore upon request or upon his or her own initiative, or the Chair of a committee may assign certain issues. Additionally, this ordinance includes an amendment clarifying the time in which a Councilmember must act to remove an item from a committee in the event the committee has failed to act.