COUNCIL STUFF
There’s nothing like getting back into town, throwing all your stuff on the floor, running to the suburbs where dinner is waiting and running all the way back downtown to cover city hall. There was a lot of stuff tonight, so here it is.
Republicans announced their committee leadership team.
Public Safety – Ryan Vaughn, Rules & Policy – Bob Lutz, Administration & Finance – Marilyn Pfisterer, Public Works – Ben Hunter,Economic Development – Jeff Cardwell, Municipal Corporations – Mike McQuillen, Community Affairs – Kent Smith, Parks – Susie Day, Metropolitan Development – Lincoln Plowman, Monroe Gray Investigation -Virgina Cain.
The appointments must be approved by the Council’s Committee on Committees on January 7.
On the Democratic side, Joanne Sanders will be taking over as Minority Leader. Council President Gray “took himself” out of the running, so the only opposition was Cherish Pryor. Sanders also justified the introduction of two proposals concerning tax abatements and a citizen referendum on issuing certain tax bonds. Sanders says that they introduced the measures late because they spent the early part of the year working on the budget and they had to campaign in October. However outgoing minority leader Phil Borst says the measures won’t fly because they run contrary to state law.
