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Article: Council president loses some authority New Berlin aldermen vote to take away appointment powers for 2 panels
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 11, 1998
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The Common Council Tuesday took from the council president the
power to appoint some citizen members to government bodies by
abolishing such appointments to the city's Board of Public Works and
to the Technology Committee.
However, the council voted, 5-2, to allow the Common Council
president to continue appointing a citizen member to the Electrical
Review Board and the Crime Prevention Committee, although the current
council president, Ald. Lori Kiefer, has not made appointments to
either.
Such appointments are subject to council approval.
Mayor James Gatzke asked the council to consider withdrawing
appointment power for the four committees after Kiefer had failed to
appoint citizens to ...