04-19-2018, 01:34 PM
Apparently the language is that the Committee "approved" on April 9, and Council was set to "accept the report" of the Committee on April 16. You're right that it really is a rubber stamp, so much so that the Record just said "council" approved it back on the 9th. Council wasn't quite deciding, they were just voting to accept the Committee's decision. Apparently that would have been too decisive for Council at this time, so they just deferred instead.