{"id":20888,"date":"2014-01-14T11:54:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T16:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=20888"},"modified":"2014-01-14T11:55:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T16:55:15","slug":"council-committee-work-remains-from-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/city-council\/2014\/01\/14\/council-committee-work-remains-from-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Committee Work Remains from 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under former Mayor Charles Meeker, the various committees<\/a> in the Raleigh City Council would, at the end of an election year, clear out any old items to start a new year with a clear agenda.<\/p>\n

Sometimes that would involve a big push to get policy recommendations back to the full Council for a final vote; other times that would mean just reporting the items off the agenda with no action.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2013, the Council\u2019s five committees had a combined 21 items pending, ranging from the issuance of outdoor noise permits to a plan to bring Google\u2019s Street View Trekker program to Raleigh.<\/p>\n

In Raleigh’s council-manager system of government, the Council is responsible for legislating the city, voting on policies and ordinances that shape the way Raleigh is run and helping form the path it will take in the future.<\/p>\n

When issues come before the Council that require more analysis or community input, they are generally referred to one of five committees for further study.<\/p>\n

While there are no set rules for how long an item may remain in committee, Councilor Mary-Ann Baldwin, chair of the Law & Public Safety Committee, said in election years such as 2013, the goal is generally to wrap up any pending items by years’ end.<\/p>\n

“One thing we try to do, after an election and before there’s a new council is to clean out of all our committee assignments,” Baldwin said.<\/p>\n