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Description
The Committee reviewed Local Law E - 2020 that establish an omnibus provision in City Code proving for the removal of appointees to public bodies for cause.
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B
A
A
Listing
the
leave
the
current
boards
that
are
established
in
city
code,
where
members
are
appointed
for
a
fixed
term
of
office,
it's
the
historic
resource,
condition,
sustainability,
jury
committee,
Planning,
Board,
Community,
Police,
Review,
Board,
Zoning,
Appeals,
Board,
Human,
Rights
Commission,
and
the
peg
access
board,
and
this
local
law
would
have
established
a
provision
to
allow
for
the
removal
of
a
member
for
cause
prior
to
their
term,
the
ending
of
their
term
of
appointment.
If
the
original
legislation
establishing
the
board
or
Commission
did
not
have
a
provision
in
it.
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So
if
you
look
at
that
chart
of
the
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
boards
or
commissions
listed
three
of
them
already
have
provisions
that
provide
for
the
removal
of
a
member
for
cause.
So
in
that
case,
that
provision
would
prevail
and
this
what
if
this
proposed
local
law
would
apply
to
those
boards
or
commissions
where
there
is
no
provision,
it's
kind
of
an
omnibus
provision
that
would
be
in
code.
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So
if
it's
not
specified,
this
one
would
kick
in
and
it's
come
up
in
the
past
a
couple
of
times
when
we
begin
like
with
some
Commission's.
In
one
case,
the
peg
access
board,
where
the
issue
of
trying
to
deal
with
or
removal
of
members-
and
it
wasn't
clear
what
the
authority
was
and
so
that's
you
know
it's
come
up
from
time
to
time
in
situations
like
that.
So
it's
kind
of
straightforward.
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B
A
Usually,
when
you
say
for
cause,
he
don't
I
mean
it's
kind
of
a
term
of
art,
but
the
specifics
really
on
specific
cases
aren't
listed
because
that
can
be
limited.
So
it's
an
open-ended,
but
usually
it
would
be
something
for
most
often
I.
Think
maybe
junior
can
chime
in
ethical
issues.
Ethical
violations,
things
like
that
conflicts
of
interest
in
may
have
cropped
up,
could
be
for
lack
of
attendance,
junior.
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A
So
there
were
and
and
the
if
there
would
be
reason
there
would
be
an
opportunity
for
the
person
who
you
want
to
remove
to
be
heard,
and
then
the
appointing
body
or
Authority
would
have
to
vote
on
it.
So,
in
the
case
where
the
appointment
is
made
by
the
mayor,
it
would
be
the
mayor
in
the
case
where
it's
by
the
council,
then
the
council
would
have
to
vote
on
it.
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I
will
note
if
you
look
at
that
chart
you'll
see
the
Community
Police
Review
Board,
that
that
provision-
and
that
was
that
was
a
really
a
kind
of
a
negotiated
provision
when
that
was
done
many
years
ago,
to
try
to
also
emphasize
and
make
sure
that
the
CPR
be
members
had
some
safeguard
for
their
independence.
So
that
only
provides
so
in
that
case
that
a
member
can
only
be
removed
by
a
two-thirds
vote
of
the
Common
Council.
That
includes
the
appointees
by
the
council
or
by
the
mayor.
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A
B
A
Our
please
yeah
CPR
be
so
this
does
not
apply
to
other
members.
Joey
brought
a
backpack
which
is
different
act
pack,
members,
for
example,
which
is
that's
an
advisory
board.
It's
not
established
by
the
council,
but
in
that
case
those
members
serve
at
the
pleasure,
whoever
appointed
them,
but
in
other
cases
you
will
have
I'm
trying
to
think
of
some
of
the
other
boards,
if
not
included
here,
like
the
living
wage,
your.
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A
Basically
at
the
pleasure
of
the
appointing
Authority,
the
ID,
a
which
wouldn't
be
covered
here,
they
can
be
removed
at
the
pleasure
of
the
council.
So
if
you're
not
appointed
for
a
fixed
term,
then
you
serve
at
the
pleasure
of
whoever
appointed
you
and
you
can
be
removed
for
any
reason.
Whenever
that
appointing
Authority
wants
to
remove
you,
this
doesn't
go
ahead.
We.
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Yes,
those
were
established
under
state
law,
the
Water
Authority,
the
parking
authority,
some
other
agencies,
I,
guess
the
housing
authority,
which
we
don't
appoint
anyway,
but
those
are
appointed
under
state
law.
So
this
would
not
apply
to
any
board
or
Commission
established
under
state
law,
as
they're
they're
governed
by
the
states.