CAPE MAY – Most ordinances never come up for introduction without the required support on the governing body. That was not the case Jan. 15 when Cape May City Council altered two proposed ordinances which aimed to define the role of council members when those members serve as liaisons to committees.
Language in the draft ordinances stated that council liaisons “shall not offer opinions on the merits of any application before” the committee. The intent of the language was to distance the council member from formal committee business which may end up back before council at a future date. The language was supported by Mayor Clarence Lear and Deputy Mayor Patricia Hendricks.
New Council members Zack Mullock and Stacey Sheehan, along with recently re-elected member Shaine Meier, voted to exclude the language on grounds that it impeded the liaison from properly fulfilling the role of a liaison, essentially acting as a gag on involvement.
In the end, the ordinances only passed, 3-2, when the limiting language was removed.
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