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Last night it considered an amendment, proposed by Cohen, that would eliminate the requirement that every House be represented on each committee.
And it debated a constitutional amendment dealing with the sticky problem of how to assign members to each of the council's three standing committees.
The council previously rejected an amendment that would allow certain members to serve on more than one committee.
A roll call vote revealed strong support for Cohen's amendment, though members will have a week to vote via e-mail. Three-fourths of the entire council will have to vote for the amendment for it to pass.
In a meeting last Monday, the City Council proposed to raise annual salaries for council members by nearly $10,000 to $52,500. They also proposed to raise the salaries of school committee members by almost $5,000 to $25,900not minor pay hikes. However, the agenda made no formal...