Common Council: Ordinance proposed to alter Planning Commission Composition: City Engineer to have advisory NOT voting role

At the reorganizational meeting on Tuesday night, the Evansville Common council introduced the first reading of an ordinance that would revise the Planning Commission to have the city engineer as an advisor, but not a voting member. This has been a sore point of contention that has been supported by the public for some time. It removes any appearance of or reality of conflict of interest in cases before the planning commission. It also removes the expense of having to hire a separate engineer to review items that appear to have conflict of interest. So---it will be cheaper, more effective, and be a change that the public supports. Amen.