After nearly three hours of deliberations Tuesday, the Shawnee city council has come up with a plan for self-electing its president.
The main outcome of last night’s council committee meeting: The city councilmembers unanimously agreed that they want the mayor to be a participating and voting member at future council committee meetings. They would also like to see her chair those meetings as well.
If the city council officially adopts this change, then the council president would no longer chair council committee meetings. However, the council president would still serve as acting mayor in the absence or disability of the mayor.
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